History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s14.18

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The next important family was that of the Paramaras of Abu. The Paramaras originally must have belonged to Abu; for the legend of their origin states that their first ancestor was created by Vashishtha on Mount Abu from his sacrificial fire. The first known king of Abu was Dhumaraja, but the prince in the beginning of our period was Dhandhuka whose minister Vimala-shah built a beautiful temple to Adinatha on Mt. Abn in 1031 A. D. His son Purnapala was a samanta of Bhima of Gujarat in 1045 A. D. (1102 St). His son was Dhruvabhata and his son Ramadeva is mentioned in the Prasasti of Tejapala-Vastupala on Abu. His successor was Vikramasinha. In the fight of Kumarapala with Arnoraja, Vikramasinha suddenly went over to Arnoraja where-upon Kumarapala gave the principality of Abu to his nephew Yasodhavala. His son was the well-known warrior Dharavarsha who was the general of the Gujarat army which defeated Ghori, as stated by Mahomedan writers, in the battle fought in 1178 A. D. during the minority of Mularaja as already stated in Chalukya chapter. Dharavarsha again was one of the commanders in the Gujarat army when it fought with Kutubuddin in 1197 and was defeated. Many inscriptions of his time have been found dating from 1163 to 1208 A. D. (Gaurishankar's Tod p. 384). The princes of Abu named Jeta and Salakh given in the Rasa, Gaurishankar thinks, are imaginary persons. But it is possible to suppose that they were brothers of Dharavarsha and went consequently to Prithviraja to seek their fortune and became his sardars.