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of Kanauj, Devgar by name, and after a great
The third from Rä Gário was Rã Dyās, or Dyáchh, as he is also called. His favourite wife was Sorath Râni. Rā Dyås was famed for his munificence, and the bards declare that he gave away his head in charity to a Chāran. This story is probably invented to conceal or ac count for the conquest of Junágadh by a king
battle defeated Devgar and took Kanauj, Devgar
of Pathan.
fleeing to the banks of the Ganges. The follow ing poetry commemorates this conquest:-
king can have been none other than Wan Rāj
Nagar Thathá, who was of the Sammā tribe. This sister's son was named Rā Gário, and Râm Rāja
bequeathed to his nephew Ră Gário the kingdom of Junágadh-Wanthali, and Rä Gário was the first of the Chudāsamá Rās of Junágadh. Rä Gário collected an army and attacked the Rāja
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Gário Räo of Girnár conquered Kanauj, the
principality of thirty-seven forts. He, the exalter of his family, easily defeated this happy lord of innumerable forces; And thus extirpating his enemies, drank the water of the Eastern Ocean (Jamna or Ganges). Gário, grandson of Rai Chuda, a descendant of Vairāt, and destroyer of the best of kings, He having called all kings of that country who had been deprived of their kingdoms, re placed them on their thrones, And subjugating the city of Parbatgadh, he occupied all the eastern country from the cities of Parbatgadh and Gwalior up to the banks of the Ganges, And thus became the lord of horses, elephants, and men, both of Girnár and Kanauj. After the subjugation of Kanauj, Rä Gário took the city of Dohad in Målwā, and caused himself to be proclaimed king there. At this time Ră Gário married a daughter of a Ráthod Rājput. His descendants by this wife are called Rånäs, and are still to be found in Målwā. Kanauj and Dohad being conquered, Rä Gário returned to Junágadh, where he reigned till his death.
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If Anhilwāda Pattan is meant, this
Chaura, as Rã Dyās is said to have died in 860-61. The story runs as follows:– The daughter of the king of Pattan had come on a visit to Somnáth. Rā Dyās saw her, and, becoming enamoured of her, endeavoured to compel her to marry him. The king of Pattan, hearing of this, sent a large army against Ră Dyās and defeated him in the field. Rá Dyás, however, shut himself up in the impregnable fort of Girnár, and laughed to scorn the efforts of the Pattan army. The king of Pattan, after a long siege, despaired of reducing the fort. He was about to return to his own country, when a Cháran named Bijal offered to put him in possession of the place, on condition of being given a large reward. The king offered him an enormous reward, and Bijal agreed to give him the head of Rå Dyās, and it was agreed that when the garrison were occupied with the funeral ceremonies the Pattan army should attack the fort. The Chāran, knowing the
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munificent character of the Rā, determined to
ask of him his head as a gift, and in his capa city of a Cháran easily obtained admission into the citadel. The night before this plot was formed, Sorath Râni dreamed that she saw a headless man. On consulting the astrologers
they told her that her husband would shortly cut off his head and give it away in alms.
As
Sorath Râni had much influence in Junágadh, she ordered her husband into captivity and im prisoned him in a bastion until the fated time should be past. During this time no one was allowed to have access to him except they who supplied him with food. The Cháran therefore went outside the bastion and there began to chant verses in praise of Rā Dyās, and to play on a musical instrument called a jantra. Ră Dyās hearing him looked out, and, seeing the Gadvi, threw out of the window a lodh or rope with a stout stick at the end, on which to sit.
The Gadvi sat on the stick and held the rope with his hands, and thus Rā Dyås drew him up