234:. Among all these kings, Durlabha-devi chose Durlabha. Mahendra also gave his younger sister Lakshmi in marriage to Durlabha's younger brother Nagaraja. The rejected suitors jointly attacked Durlabha's party during his return journey to Gujarat. Durlabha repulsed the attack and marched home with his new bride. This legend does not seem to be historically accurate. The chief of Naddula was a relatively insignificant ruler, and it is hard to believe that so many major rulers left their kingdoms to attend his ceremony at a time when northern India was under attacks from
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326:(sect) of Jain monks was established during Durlabha's reign. The group's founder Vardhamana Suri and his disciple Jineshvara visited Durlabha's court. There, Jineshvara defeated the Chaityavasins (another sect) in a philosophical debate. Durlabha conferred the title
288:, along with an elephant stable and a clock tower. He also commissioned the Madanashankara Shiva temple in memory of his brother Vallabha. In addition he also commissioned the Durlabha Sarovar (water tank). The Durlabhmeru temple is probably built by him too. The
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to punish Munja. This account is an adaption of earlier legends, which name the insulted king as
Chamundaraja. It is historically inaccurate, because Munja died nearly a decade before Durlabha's ascension.
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Durlabha defeated a confederacy of several kings. According to this account, Durlabha was invited to the
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Contribution to Sanskrit Literature
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temple built by
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Durlabha's biggest achievement was his successful invasion of the
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163:. The Kalyani Chalukya king
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508:. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
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546:. Progress.
184:Hemachandra
49:Predecessor
804:Categories
786: – c.
769: – c.
752: – c.
735: – c.
718: – c.
709:Kumarapala
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684: – c.
667: – c.
650: – c.
620: – c.
618: 996
605: 995
603: – c.
601: 940
334:References
271:Someshvara
188:svayamvara
123:Early life
726:Ajayapala
328:kharatara
165:Jayasimha
117:Chaulukya
81:(Solanki)
79:Chaulukya
59:Successor
760:Bhima II
594:Mularaja
433:(1953).
294:Mahavira
279:purohita
173:Paramara
658:Bhima I
533:4497542
514:4413150
317:Gujarat
259:Bhima I
251:Bhima I
232:Vindhya
228:Mathura
212:Gurjara
192:Naddula
109:Gujarat
74:dynasty
63:Bhima I
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230:, and
204:Avanti
196:Andhra
86:Father
675:Karna
247:Munja
243:Malwa
220:Kashi
208:Chedi
177:Bhoja
175:king
36:Reign
529:OCLC
510:OCLC
224:Kuru
216:Huna
200:Anga
153:Lata
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