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Bhima I (Chaulukya dynasty)
Bhima I was king of the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat from about 1022 to 1064. Early in his reign Mahmud of Ghazni sacked the Somnath temple in 1025, but the kingdom recovered, and Bhima fought the Paramaras of Malwa. The Modhera Sun temple was built in his time, his queen Udayamati built the Rani ki Vav stepwell at Patan, and his minister Vimala built the first Dilwara temple at Mount Abu.
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