[Ajayapála, A.D. 1174-1177.] As Kumárapála had no son he was succeeded by Ajayapála the son of his brother Mahípála. [620] According to the Kumárapálaprabandha Kumárapála desired to give the throne to his daughter's son Pratápamalla, but Ajayapála raised a revolt and got rid of Kumárapála by poison. The Jain chroniclers say nothing of the reign of Ajayapála because he was not a follower of their religion. The author of the Sukritasankírtana notices a small silver canopy or pavilion shown in Ajayapála's court as a feudatory's gift from the king of Sapádalaksha [621] or Sewálik. The author of the Kírtikaumudí dismisses Ajayapála with the mere mention of his name, and does not even state his relationship with Kumárapála. According to the Prabandhachintámani Ajayapála destroyed the Jain temples built by his uncle. He showed no favour to Ámbadá and Kumárapála's other Jain ministers. Ajayapála seems to have been of a cruel and overbearing temper. He appointed as his minister Kapardi because he was of the Bráhmanical faith. [622] But considering his manners arrogant he ordered him to be thrown into a caldron of boiling oil. On another occasion he ordered the Jain scholar Rámachandra to sit on a red-hot sheet of copper. One of his nobles Ámra-bhata or Ámbadá refused to submit to the king, saying that he would pay obeisance only to Vítarája or Tírthankara as god, to Hemachandra as guide, and to Kumárapála as king. Ajayapála ordered the matter to be settled by a fight. Ámbadá brought some of his followers to the drum-house near the gate, and in the fight that followed Ámbadá was killed. In A.D. 1177 (S. 1233), after a short reign of three years, Ajayapála was slain by a doorkeeper named Vijjaladeva who plunged a dagger into the king's heart. [623] [Múlarája II., A.D. 1177-1179.] Ajayapála was succeeded by his son Múlarája II. also called Bála Múlarája as he was only a boy when installed. His mother was Náikídeví the daughter of Paramardi, apparently the Kádamba king Permádi or Siva Chitta who reigned from A.D. 1147 to 1175 (S. 1203-1231). [624] The authors of the Kírtikaumudí [625] and the Sukritasankírtana say that even in childhood Múlarája II. dispersed the Turushka or Muhammadan army. [626] The Prabandhachintámani states that the king's mother fought at the Gádaráraghatta and that her victory was due to a sudden fall of rain. Múlarája II. is said to have died in A.D. 1179 (S. 1235) after a reign of two years.