| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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THE THIRD TEMPLE |
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A.D. 920, Raji married Liladevi, the sister of a Gurjareshvara. The Jain tradition, making
the ruler of Gujarat a descendant of Vanaraja of Anahilavada, is incorrect. Anahilavada
then was not in any territory known as Gurjaradesha, and Gurjareshvara was the title of
the Pratihara Emperor, Mahendrapala of Kanauj. Liladevi was more likely the sister of
Mahendrapala, the Gurjareshvara. This would explain how Mularaja after the break-up of the
Pratihara Empire of Kanauj in A.D. 940, called himself by the title of his maternal
ancestor, Gurjareshvara. The Chalukya branch of
Saurashtra ruled from A.D. 750 to 950. Prabhasa was a great port. Somanatha naturally was
their guardian deity. |
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