The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s4.148

v2.c32.s4.148

Pṛthvīrāja was succeeded in 1170 A.D. by his uncle Someśvara, son of Kāñcanadevī, the daughter of the Caulukya Jayasiṁha Siddharāja. According to the *Pṛthvīrāja-vijaya*, the interval between his father's death and his own accession to the throne was spent by Someśvara in the court of the Caulukyas Jayasiṁha and Kumārapāla. We are told that the former, hearing that Someśvara's son would be an incarnation of Rāma, took away his grandson to his own capital.¹ After his death his successor Kumārapāla continued to favour the Cāhamāna prince, so much so that his name ‘protector of Kumāra’ became a significant one.² In the course of Kumārapāla's campaign against Konkan, Someśvara is said to have cut off the head of the prince of that country.³ While living in the court of Kumārapāla he appears to have married the daughter of a Kalacuri prince of Tripurī.⁴ According to Jonarāja, the commentor, the name of the princess was Karpūradevī.⁵ By her he had two sons, Pṛthvīrāja and Harirāja. The former was born at the end of Vaiśākha, when Mars was in Capricorn, Saturn in Aquarius, Jupiter in Pisces, the Sun in Aries, the Moon in Taurus, and Mercury in Gemini.⁶ Harirāja was born in Māgha, Śudi, 3. It is said that these sons were born when Vigraharāja IV was still on the throne. After the death of Pṛthvīrāja II the ministers brought him to the Sapādalakṣa country and placed him on the throne. It is therefore likely that on his accession he was already a man of mature years. The following inscriptions are known for his reign :