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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
After Räjyapāla, we do not know of his successor from the Jain sources.
Thus the following kings of the dynasty are known from the Jain sources. Jodhpur Branch
Avanti Branch
Harichandra
Vatsarāja
Rajjila
Narabhata
Tāta
Bhoja 1
Yasovardhana
Chanduka
Sīlluka
Mahīpāla alias Vināyakapāla
Jhoța
Mahendrapāla II
Bhīlluka
Devapāla
Kakka
Kakkuka
Rājyapāla
II. THE GĀHADAVĀLAS
After Räjyapāla as we know from other sources, the Gurjara Pratihāra dynasty could not survive long. The vast territory over which they ruled was naturally captured by the new rising powers in all directions. Soon after the disappearance of the Pratīhāras, we hear from available Jain sources that the Haihayas of Dāhala ruled for some time over Kanauj empire. But the territory ruled over by them was captured very soon by a suddenly emerged dynasty of the Gāhadavälas. The Jain sources throw some light on the following five rulers of the dynasty. They are
1 SIGM., II, p. 20:
Tat: 70:- TT attoreitafa TRATT: ......etc.
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