History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c34.11

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Visaladeva's last record found ( Iron pillar of Delhi ) is dated St. 1220 ( A. D. 1163 ). He left a minor son named Aparagāṅgeya who is not mentioned in the Bijolia inscription. He must have been set aside by Visaladeva's nephew Pṛthvībhata or Pṛthvīrāja II, a son of the parricide Jagadeva. He ruled for a few years only and was succeeded by Someśvara, Visala's younger brother. He also ruled for a short time and was succeeded by his son Pṛthvīrāja III the last king of the Chāhamānas. The dates of the succession of Someśvara and of Pṛthvīrāja III we will discuss in our chapter on the latter. But it seems necessary to state here that Someśvara must actually have ruled for some time as the Bijolia Inscription records the grant of the village Rewaṇā by Someśvara and ends with this mention so that Someśvara was still ruling when the inscription was recorded in St. 1226, Phālguna Vadya 3 ( about March 1170 A. D. ).