The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s7.15

v2.c32.s7.15

These inscriptions give the dates *c.* 1182 and 1185 A.D. for Samarasimha, and show, as I have already noticed, that his father Kīrtipāla must have established himself in Jalor sometime before 1182 A.D. and must have died sometime before that date. According to the Sundha hill-inscription, Samarasimha built extensive ramparts on the Kanakācala or ‘golden hill,’¹ and founded the town of Samarapura. The latter place has not yet been identified; but Ojha’s suggestion that *Kanakācala* is the name of the fort of Jalor² is generally accepted. This conclusion is supported by the phrase *Śrī-Jāvāli-purīya-kāñcana-giri-gaḍhasyopari* which occurs in Samarasimha’s second inscription.³ Kielborn identified this Samarasimha with *the Cahu(māna)-rāṇa(ka) Samarasīha*, whose daughter Līlādevī was married to the Caulukya Bhīma II.⁴