The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c33.29

v2.c33.29

As Jāula is called a *rājā* and is said to have ‘obtained prosperity by looking after the affairs of a king,’ it is possible that he was either a petty feudatory chief or a high official, in the employment of some powerful king. The identity of this sovereign is very doubtful, as we do not know how many generations intervened between him and the next mentioned prince, Vajraṭa. But from the statement that his race continued to be the ‘home of joyful prospering intimates of princes’ we may perhaps conclude that the successors of Jāula continued to prosper. Vajraṭa, we are told, ‘gained a lofty exaltation through the most pure business transactions.’ It seems likely from the subsequent description of the record that Jajjuka with his three sons entered the military service of their sovereign. We are next told that Jajjuka’s three sons founded at Pṛthūdaka, on the bank of the Sarasvatī, a triple temple of Viṣṇu, in the reign of Mahendrapāla.