This view is supported by the absence in the Prabandhachintámani and other old records of any mention of an invasion from Kanoj. It is possible that in A.D. 696 some king Bhuvada of the Gujarát Chálukyas, of whom at this time branches were ruling as far north as Kaira, [506] invaded the Chávadás under Jayasekhara. Since traces of a Chávotaka kingdom remain, at least as late as A.D. 720, it seems probable that the destruction of Pañchásar was caused not by Bhuvada in A.D. 696, but in the Arab raid mentioned above whose date falls about A.D. 720. [507] About A.D. 720 may therefore be taken as the date of the birth of Vanarája. Merutunga the author of the Prabandhachintámani tells how Rupasundarí was living in the forest swinging her son in a hammock, when a Jain priest named Sílagunasúri noticing as he passed royal marks on the boy bought him from his mother. The story adds that a nun named Víramatí brought up the boy whom the sádhu called Vanarája or the forest king. When eight years old, the priest employed Vanarája to protect his place of worship from rats. The boy's skill in shooting rats convinced the priest he was not fit to be a sádhu but was worthy of a kingdom. He therefore returned the boy to his mother. These details seem invented by the Jains in their own honour. No mention of any such story occurs in the Ratnamálá. [508] [Vanarája, A.D. 720-780 (?).] In the forests where Vanarája passed his youth lived his maternal uncle Surapála, one of Jayasekhara's generals, who, after his sovereign's defeat and death, had become an outlaw. Vanarája grew up under Surapála's charge. The Prabandhachintámani records the following story of the origin of Vanarája's wealth. A Kanyákubja king married Mahánaká the daughter of a Gujarát king. To receive the proceeds of the marriage cess which the Gujarát king had levied from his subjects, a deputation or panchkúla came from Kanyákubja to Gujarát. The deputation made Vanarája their leader or sellabhrit to realize the proceeds of the cess. In six months Vanarája collected 24 lákhs of Páruttha drammas [509] and 4000 horse, which the deputation took and started for Kanyákubja. Vanarája waylaid and killed them, secured the money and horses, and remained in hiding for a year. With the wealth thus acquired Vanarája enrolled an army and established his power assuming the title of king. [Founding of Anahilaváda, A.D. 746-765.] He fixed the site of a capital which afterwards rose to be the great city of Anahilapura. The story of the choice of the site is the usual story of a hunted hare turning on the hounds showing the place to be the special nurse of strength and courage. Vanarája is said to have asked a Bharvád or Shepherd named Anahila son of Sákhadá to show him the best site. Anahila agreed on condition that the city should be called by his name. Anahila accordingly showed Vanarája the place where a hare had attacked and chased a dog. Though much in this tradition is