RA MANDLIK ATTACKS DWARKA their advance with partial success, but found it con- venient to change his capital from Patdi to Kuwa. Ra Jayasinha III died in A.D. 1440 and was succeeded by his brother, Ra Mahipal IV, a man who is said to have been of a very religious turn of mind. He became almost an ascetic, and entertained all pilgrims at Somnath and Dwarka at his own expense. In A.D. 1551 he died, and was succeeded by his son, Ra Mandlik III, who was destined to be the last of the Chudasamas to hold un- disputed sway in Saurashtra. Much attention had been paid by his father towards Ra Mandlik's education, and when he succeeded to the gadi he is said to have been skilled in all sciences and to have been specially proficient in the use of arms. He was married first of all to a daughter of Bhim Gohel of Arthila, named Kunta Devi, who had been brought up in the house of one Duda Gohel, her uncle. Ra Mandlik's first military exploit was an expedition against Sangan Wadhel of Dwarka, because that chieftain had omitted to send a present on the occasion of his installation. A successful attack was made against Dwarka, and Sangan Wadhel was taken prisoner but afterwards released, and Ra Mandlik returned in triumph to Junagadh. Shortly after his return from this expedition, he received a message from the Sultan of Gujarat to the effect that his wife's kinsman, Duda Gohel, was giving trouble and ravaging territory belonging to Gujarat, and he desired Ra Mandlik to persuade Duda Gohel to put an end to his forays. Ra Mandlik replied that the enemies of the Sultan of Gujarat were his own enemies, and he marched against his kinsman. After some fighting Duda Gohel requested Ra Mandlik to desist from troubling him, but Ra Mandlik said it was too late for him to go back since by doing so aspersions would be cast upon his honour. The two then fought a hand-to-hand battle, 79