The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s4.71

v2.c32.s4.71

Vākpati II was succeeded by his son Vīryārāma who is stated by the *Pṛthvīrāja-vijaya* to have been killed by the (Paramāra) Bhoja lord of Avanti (c. 1010-1055 A.D.).³ He was succeeded by his younger brother Cāmuṇḍarāja, who built at Narapura⁴ a temple of Viṣṇu.⁵ The next king, according to the *Pṛthvīrāja-vijaya*, was Vīryārāma's son Durlabharāja III, also called Vīrasiṁha, who is said to have been killed in battle by the *Mātaṅgas*. The commentator Jonarāja explains *Mātaṅga* by the word *Mleccha*.⁶ If this interpretation is correct, he may have lost his life in a struggle against an unrecorded invasion of the Yamīnīs from the Lahore region. Durlabha is probably the same as Dūsala of the Bijolia rock inscription; but the latter's father's name is given in the inscription as Siṁhaṭa. Durlabha III was succeeded by his brother Vigraharāja III, who is probably identical with Vīsala of the Bijolia inscription and Viśvala of the *Hammīra-mahākāvya*. According to the Bijolia inscription Vīsala's queen was named Rājadevī. The *Pṛthvīrāja-vijaya* states that Vigraharāja gave to Udayāditya of Mālava (*c.* 1059-87 A.D.) a horse named Sāraṅga, with which Udayāditya vanquished the Gurjara Karṇa¹ (*c.* 1064-94 A.D.). If this statement is based on fact, we must reject the statement of Nayacandra, that Karṇa was killed by Viśvala's predecessor Duśala.²