[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.c31.602 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.602 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.602 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.602) The above quotation gives us some idea of the severe struggles that Quṭb ud-Dīn had to encounter for about two years (\*c.\* 1195-97 A.D.), before he succeeded in effecting his temporary occupation of Aṇahilapāṭaka in 1197 A. D. It was probably one of the episodes of this protracted struggle that gave Jayasiṁha Sūri his theme for his drama \*Hammīra-mada-mardana\*.² The account of Jayasiṁha, though tainted with the well-known bias of Jain authors, seem to contain some elements of truth. He tells us that when Bhīmasiṁha³ was the \*sīmanta-maṇi\* of Surāṣṭra, and when Vīradhavala was reigning at Dhavalakapurī⁴ a mighty ‘army of horse of the \*Turuṣka-vīras\*’ came to attack Gujarat by way of the Maru. Vīradhavala, however, promptly appeared in the Marudeśa before the \*Mleccha-Cakravarti\*. Somasiṁha, Udayasiṁha, and Dhārāvarṣa, the princes of the Maru country and Bhīmasiṁha of Surāṣṭra, joined him against the Mlecchas. In the meantime the territory of Jayatala,¹ the lord of Medapāṭa, who in his pride had not joined Vīradhavala, was invaded by the Hammīra. His capital was plundered with terrible brutality. Even the children were butchered; and the people were so demoralised that they threw themselves into wells rather than fall into the invader's hands.² The approach of Vīradhavala and the intrigues of his spies in the end compelled the Muslim prince to beat a hasty retreat towards Mathurā, his own principality. Vīradhavala then returned to his capital in triumph by way of Arbuda-giri,³ Candrāvatī, the capital of the Paramāras,⁴ the river Sarasvatī,⁵ Aṇhilvad, the capital of the Gurjara king,⁶ and Karṇāvatī on the Sābhramatī.⁷ In this account Jayasiṁha characteristically gives all the credit to Vīradhavala, the generous patron of his religion, and does not even mention ‘Rāī Karan’ who according to the Muslim writers, was the real leader of these campaigns.⁸ - [Previous: v2.c31.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.601) - [Next: v2.c31.603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.603) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31) ## Cites (1) - [Hammīramadamardana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.natya.hammiramadamardana) — Jayasiṃhasūri (dramatist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.602) · Pramāṇa