uccala, who was from a side-branch of the lohara royal line, succeeded to the throne and reigned for a decade. he and his younger brother, sussala, had been spotted by harsa as pretenders to his crown during the unrest and in 1100 had been forced to flee. the move did them no harm as it increased their status among the dāmaras: if harsa wanted the brothers dead then that was all the more reason to rally around them. it was as a consequence of this that uccala was able to mount armed attacks on harsa, as in 1101, which although initially unsuccessful did eventually achieve their aim as those closest to harsa deserted him.