"Jayapala".
Jayapala Shahi, the son of Asatapala, succeeded the last Brahmin Hindu Shahi Bhima and thus began the start of the Janjua Shahi phase. Jayapala went to war with Ghazni under both Sebuk Tigin and his son Mahmud, upon suffering his second consecutive defeat to the forces of Ghazni, under Mahmud, in 1001 AD near Peshawar Jayapala committed himself to a funeral pyre and was succeeded by his son Anandapal. Succeeding generations of the Shahiya dynasty took part in various unsuccessful campaigns against Ghazni, and were eventually exiled to Kashmir Siwalik Hills.
The cities Kabul (Kapisa) and Zabul (Jabal) were lost by the Hindus in the tenth century and Jayapala of Udbhandapur tried to recapture Kabul in 986-987. Misra wrote on Jaypala: "(He) was perhaps the last Indian ruler to show such spirit of aggression, so sadly lacking in later Rajput kings" .
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