The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.172

v2.c34.s1.172

Pṛthvīrāja III (*c.* 1179-92 A.D.) and his brother Harirāja (1194 A.D.) were ousted from those regions sometime before his accession, I am led to conclude that these wars must refer to Jaitrasiṁha's hostilities with the successors of the Cāhamānas in those territories, *viz.* the Muslims. This guess is supported by the references to his conflict with the Turuṣkas, which probably first took place when he attacked Nadol. The Naddula Cāhamānas had once lost that fort to Mu'izz ud-Dīn Ghūrī in 1178 A.D.¹ It again fell into the hands of Quṭb ud-Dīn in A.D. 1197; and it probably remained in the possession of the Muslims during part of Jaitrasiṁha's reign. The Abu inscription of Samarasiṁha, by associating Jaitrasiṁha's destruction of Naḍūla with his victory over the Turuṣkas, seems to lend support to Bhandarkar's conjecture that his attack took place when Quṭb ud-Dīn was in possession of Eastern Marwar including Nadol.² But Ojha has recently expressed the opinion that the conflict at Nadol was not with the Turuṣkas but with the Jāvālipura Cāhamāna Udayasiṁha (*c.* 1206-49 A.D.), who is credited in the Sundha hill-inscription with having ruled over Naddula, and who was also a contemporary of Jaitrasiṁha (*c.* 1213-56 A.D.).³ The Chirwa inscription of Samarasiṁha (V.S. 1330) seems to indicate that Jaitrasiṁha also fought with the Paramāras of Mālava. It tells us that Madana, the grandson of Yogarāja, an officer of Padmasiṁha, fought in the battlefield of Uṭṭuṇaka⁴ on behalf of Jesala against the *Pañcaguṇḍika*⁵ Jaitramalla. Ojha would identify Jesala with the Guhila Jaitrasiṁha, and Jaitramalla with the Mālava Paramāra Jaitugideva⁶ (*c.* 1239-43 A.D.), who were both contemporaries of each other. The Abu inscription of Samarasiṁha (V.S. 1342), which mentions Jaitrasiṁha's victory over the Sindhuka army, probably refers to a possible conflict with the rulers of Sind on the West.¹