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Kumarapala was born in A. D. 1093 at Dadhisthalı (Dethalı) in the appanage of his father. According to Merutunga who wrote in A. D. 1304, Kumarapala's grandfather Haripal was the natural son of Bhima I by his concubine Chaula devi His father, Tribbuvanapala, married Kashmiridevi who bore him three sons Kumarapala being the eldest and two daughters Pramaladevi and Devaladevi. Pramala was given in marriage to Kanbadadeva, the military commander of Jayasımha Siddharaja, and Devala to Arnoraja, the King of Sapadalaksha who held his court at SakamBhan Sambhar
Jayasımha Siddharaja, the immediate predecessor of Kumarapala had no male issue Naturally, Tribhuvanapala and his sons, as next reversioners of the emperor claimed the crown after him But Jayasimha Siddharaja bated them for their low origin and in order to defeat their claim adopted Chahada son of Udayan as his son and successors. With the object of eliminating the possiblity of any quarrel as to succession after his death, he procured the assassination of Tribhuvanapala Kumarapala had been marked out as the next victim of his hatred. Kumarapala, however, realised the danger which threatened him. In his distress,
1 The territory of Sapadalaksha included Hansi in the Panjab, Amer. Mandore the old Capital of Marver six miles north of Jodhpur and Mandalgarh in Mewar."
