[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c31.209 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.209 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.209 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.209) According to the \*Prabandha-cintāmaṇi\* Karṇa undertook a successful expedition against a Bhilla named Āśā dwelling at Āśāpallī,⁶ who was king of over six lakhs.⁷ Having captured Āśāpallī he built there a temple to the goddess called Kocharaba. He also erected a temple to the goddess Jayantī, and the temple of Karṇeśvara, which was adorned with a lake called Karṇasāgara. He founded the city of Karṇāvatī in which he reigned and in Pattana he built the temple of Karṇameru.⁸ A Chitorgadh inscription of the time of Kumārapāla credits him with a victory over the Mālavas at the Sūdakūpa mountain pass.⁹ Inspite of these accounts of his wars and his temple-building activities, the chronicles do not give us the impression that Karṇa was a very powerful prince, and the tradition preserved in the \*Hammīra Mahākāvya\* of Nayacandra that he was killed by the Cāhamāna Duśśala may therefore have some foundation in fact.¹⁰ If the Sundha Hill inscription of Cācigadeva, dated in V.S. 1319 is to be believed he was also defeated by the Naḍḍūla Cāhamāna Pṛthvīpāla.¹ - [Previous: v2.c31.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.208) - [Next: v2.c31.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.210) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31) ## Cites (2) - [Hammīramahākāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.rajasthana.hammira) — Nayacandrasūri, Sanskrit - [Prabandhacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhacintamani) — Merutuṅga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.209) · Pramāṇa