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Kumarpal (1143-1172 AD) was a famous ruler of Anahilavada (Patan). Patan may refer to places in Afghanistan, India and Nepal: Afghanistan Patan Afghanistan He belonged to Solanki branch of Chalukya clan. The Solanki (from Chalukya, an ancient Indian dynasty are a Hindu clan who ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th The Chalukya dynasty ( Kannada: ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರು ʧaːɭukjə was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and Central

He was a devoted disciple of the great Jain polymath Acharya Hemachandra. Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma / Shraman Dharma (जैन धर्म is an ancient religion of India. Hemachandra Surī (हेमचन्द्र सूरी (1089–1172 was an Indian Jain Scholar, poet and Polymath who wrote

Kumarpal was responsible for rebuilding the Somnath temple, replacing an earlier structure built largely of wood with one built using stone. The Somnath Temple located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India is the most He also built several Jain temples, including the temple at Taranga.

"Kumarpala Rasa" is one of several books describing the life of Kumarpal.

He had an elephant named "Shrikar".


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