The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s1.23

v2.c32.s1.23

For about five centuries nothing is heard of the Cāhamānas in Gujarat. The *Hammīra-mada-mardana* of Jayasiṁha³ reveals the presence of the *Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara* Saṁgrāmarāja, also known as Saṁgrāmasiṁha, who was a contemporary of the Vāghelā Vīradhavala (*c.* 1233-43 A.D.). He is said to have been the son of Sindhurāja and nephew of Siṁha, lord of Lāṭa-deśa. The drama represents him as in alliance with the Devagiri Yādava Siṁhaṇa (*c.* 1210-47 A.D.) and the Mālava Paramāra Devapāla (*c.* 1218-36 A.D.) against the Dholka chieftain. The allied invasion however, failed, largely owing to the activity of the spies of Vastupāla, the able minister of Vīradhavala. The alliance was dissolved and Saṁgrāmarāja was forced into an alliance with Vīradhavala. The *Vasanta-vilāsa* of Bālacandra also contains⁴ an account of the hostilities between Vīradhavala and the princes of Lāṭa. It relates that Stambhatīrtha (mod. Cambay) was conquered by the Dholka chiefs from the king of Lāṭa: The latter, according to this authority, was of Cāhamāna lineage, and named Saṅkhu. On one occasion he started from Bhṛgukaccha to attack Stambhatīrtha with a cavalry force. But in the battle which followed Saṅkhu was defeated and compelled to retire to Broach. As the father of Saṅkhu was named Sindhurāja, he is almost certainly identical with the Saṁgrāmarāja of the *Hammīra-mada-mardana*. Jayasiṁha says of Saṅkhu that his 'left foot was adorned with the figures of 12 *Maṇḍalādhipatis* on golden *dāmas*, '¹ and he defeated the Yādava king Siṁhaṇa on the Narbada.