The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s5.46

v2.c32.s5.46

Sākambharī, and after plundering some other places on the route reached his capital, where the great officers of the State, headed by Dharmasiṁha, received him.¹ After finishing this triumphal march of conquest and after consultation with his spiritual guide Viśvarūpa as to the efficacy of the *Koṭi-yajña*, he performed that sacrifice and sumptuously feasted the Brāhmaṇs and gave them liberal *dakṣiṇās*. In the meantime Allāvadinā (‘Alā ud-Dīn), who had ascended the throne of Delhi, finding that Hammīra had ceased to pay the tribute which Jaitrasiṁha used to pay, instructed his brother Ullukhāna (Ulugh Khān) to invade the Cāhamāna territory. Nayacandra then describes in great detail the various conflicts between the armies of ‘Alāud-Dīn and the Cāhamānas. In one of the early conflicts, after gaining some minor advantages, Bhīmasiṁha, one of Hammīra's two generals, was defeated and killed by Ulugh. The other general, Dharmasiṁha, whom the king accused of deserting Bhīma, was disgraced, blinded, and castrated. He was then superseded by Bhoja, a natural brother of the king. This was the beginning of dissensions and treachery in the Cāhamāna court. When Dharmasiṁha, through the assistance of the courtezan Rādhādevī, succeeded in recovering his position, Bhoja was disgraced, and in disgust joined the Muslim side. Treachery combined with the repeated attacks of ‘Alā ud-Dīn at last brought about the downfall of Hammīra. He was killed, after a desperate resistance, in the month of Srāvaṇa, in the 18th year of his reign.²