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Vella, but Kaladeva is the son of Bhima. He must have reigned also before 

 A. D. 1100, but the inscription on the Ldl is dated Il64<. Itclearly, therefore, 

 has no reference to a Prince of Guzerat. According to Major Tod, Siddha 

 Raja, termed Jaya Sinha, was a warlike and victorious sovereign, who subdued 

 the territory of Naraverma, the grandson of Bhoja, and took him prisoner. 

 We shall have occasion to revert to this subject. Naraverma, as it appears 

 from inscriptions found at Ujayin, and translated by Mr. Colebrooke, 

 (R. A. S. T. i. 232,) died in S. 1190, (a, d. 1134,) and his defeat and capture, 

 by SiDDHA Raja, were therefore possible occurrences. 



KuMARA Pala, according to Abulfazl, made choice of a private station 

 during his predecessor's reign, on what account does not appear. This prince 

 is remarkable for his conversion to the Jain faith, and patronage of the cele- 

 brated teacher and writer, Hemachandra. We learn from a paper in the first 

 volume of the Bombay Transactions, that he reigned at Putten, in S. 1230, or 

 a. d. 1174, which harmonises well enough with the dates derived from other 

 authorities. Hemachandra acknowledges the patronage of Kumara PXlv, 

 and composed his account of the different Jinas, and their principal followers, 

 at his express desire. He makes this prince entitle Siddha Raja, his elder 

 brother, (Asmat Purvaja Siddha Raja) so that Major Wilford was wrong in 

 supposing him to be the lawful heir, in preference to that monarch. 



The period that follows the reign of Ajayapala, offers some particulars, 

 which it is difficult to reconcile with the accounts given by the Mohammedan 

 writers. The last prince of the dynasty, mentioned in the inscriptions, is 

 BufMA, the younger brother of Mula, the son of Ajayapala, who was him- 

 self the paramount sovereign in a. d. 1209 and 1231. 



According to Abulfazl, however, the dynasty terminated with M^la, 

 or, as he terms him, Lakhmul, after a reign of eight years, and a sovereign of 



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