The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t3.7

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Gaṇapati was soon released from prison and sent back to rule his kingdom. Since his reign is usually reckoned as beginning in A.D. 1199, his incarceration cannot have lasted very long. The circumstances in which he was set free are not definitely known. The Sēuṇa inscriptions, no doubt, attribute his regaining of freedom to the compassion felt for him by the Yādava monarch Jaitrapāla. Sympathy and generosity may indeed have played their part, but political considerations must also have weighed with the Yādava in setting the youthful captive at liberty. He probably desired to secure himself against an attack from the east in the event of a conflict with the Hoysalas in the south. The aggressive policy of Ballāḷa II, who had already wrested from him a large part of the Northern Karṇāṭaka, must have made him apprehensive regarding the safety of his southern frontier.