THE GUARDIAN OF GUJARAT

Mularaja marches on Graharipu and captures him. His ally Laksharaja of Kachchha, however, is killed in battle.3 Mularaja then proceeds to Prabhasa, worships Somanatha and returns to Anahilavada. Evidently Mularaja restored his ancestral shrine to its pristine glory.

Mularaja died in A.D. 997, having ruled for 55 years. He was a devout worshipper of Shiva, and it is clear from the epigraphic evidence that he constructed several temples of Shiva including the famous Rudramahalaya at Siddhapur.4 The temple of Somanatha which he retrieved from Graharipu was the Third temple.

3 Mid 103, 105, 127. The Glory that was Gurjaradesh., p. 49.
4 Rasamala (Gujarati trs. 3rd Ed.), 61-68.

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