The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s7.64

v2.c32.s7.64

According to the Sundha inscription Udayasiṁha was succeeded by Cācigadeva, also known as Cāca. This record describes Cāciga as "destroying the roaring Gūrjara lord Vīrama, hating the enemy Sālya, taking exquisite delight in felling the shaking Pātuka, depriving of his colour Saṅga and a thunderbolt to the mountain—the furious Nahara."⁷ Kielhorn has suggested the identification of the 'Gūrjara lord Vīrama' with the elder son of the Dholka Caulukya Vīradhavala, who according to the Jain writers Rājaśekhara and Harṣa Gaṇi was prevented from succeeding his father Vīradhavala by the intrigues of the minister Vastupāla.⁸ As these writers assert that he was poisoned at his father-in-law Udayasiṁha's court at Jāvālipura, and as Vīradhavala died when Udayasiṁha was still reigning, it has been suggested that Cāciga, may have brought about his death during his father's reign.¹ The other princes cannot be satisfactorily identified.²