The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s5.14

v2.c32.s5.14

According to Nayacandra, Vāgbhaṭa died after a reign of 12 years.¹ His successor was his son Jaitrasiṁha. According to the Balvan inscription of Hammīra, Jaitrasiṁha harassed a certain Jayasiṁha of Maṇḍapa and killed the Kūrma king (*Kūrma-kṣitīśa*) and a king of Karkarālagiri.² He is also said to have ‘defeated hundreds of brave warriors of the king of Mālava at Jhampāithā-ghaṭṭa, and kept them as prisoners at Raṇastambhapura’³ (Ranthambhor). I have suggested elsewhere that this Jayasiṁha of Maṇḍapa (Mandu) was possibly the Paramāra (?) Jayavarman II, for whom we have the dates ranging from *c.* 1256-60 A.D.⁴ The Kūrma king may have been a member of the Kacchapaghāta (or Kacchapāri) family, an off-shoot of the Gwalior branch, which was slowly carving out a principality round Amber in the Jaipur State.⁵ According to Nayacandra, Jaitrasiṁha had three sons, *viz.*, Hammīra, Surat rāṇa, and Vīrama. Of these the eldest, Hammīra was born from his beautiful queen Hīrādevī. In course of time ‘finding that his sons were now able to relieve him from the burden of government, Jaitrasiṁha one day talked over the matter with Hammīra, and, after giving him excellent advice as to how he was to behave, he gave over the charge of state to him, and himself went to live in the forest. This happened in *Saṁvat* 1339 (A.D. 1283).’⁶