Prabhakaravardhana
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Prabhakaravardhana | |
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Maharaja | |
4th King of Thanesar | |
Reign | c. 580 – c. 605 CE |
Predecessor | Adityavardhana |
Successor | Rajyavardhana |
Spouse | Yasomati |
Issue | Rajyavardhana Harsha Rajyashri |
Dynasty | Pushyabhuti dynasty |
Father | Adityavardhana |
Mother | Mahasenagupta |
Prabhakaravardhana (also known as Prabhakara Vardhana) was a king of
Banabhatta, the seventh-century bard and chronicler of the Vardhanas, may have been wrong to call these earlier rulers kings and that they may instead have been mere feudatory rulers of minor significance.[3]
Prabhakaravardhana's father, Adityavardhana, had formed an alliance with Mahasenagupta of
Sind, he also resisted the invasion of the Hunas,[5] as reported by the 7th century writer Bāṇabhaṭṭa.[6][7]
The date of death of Prabhakaravardhana is variously stated: according to Majumdar, it was in 604 CE but some sources, such as the military historian Kaushik Roy, say 606 CE, and others state 605.[1][3][5] He was married to Yasomati, who became sati.[8]
Prabhakaravardhana and Yasomati had three children. Their eldest son, Rajyavardhana, succeeded to the throne and was in turn succeeded by the younger son, Harsha; their daughter, Rajyashri, married Grahavarman of the Maukhari dynasty that ruled Kannauj.[5][a]
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Notes
- Malavas.[9]It was a reversal of the earlier enmity between the Vardhanas and Maukharis.
Citations
- ^ a b c Majumdar (1977), pp. 249–250
- ^ a b Sen (1999), p. 247
- ^ a b c Allan, Haig & Dodwell (1934), p. 105
- ^ Roy (2013a), p. 82
- ^ a b c Roy (2013b), pp. 21–22
- ^ The Cambridge Shorter History of India p.105
- ^ Tripathi (1989), p. 73
- ^ Sengupta (2011), pp. 34–35
Bibliography
- Allan, J.; Haig, T. Wolseley; Dodwell, H. H., eds. (1934), The Cambridge Shorter History of India, Cambridge University Press
- ISBN 978-8-12080-436-4
- Roy, Kaushik (2013a), "Kautilya", in Coetzee, Daniel; Eysturlid, Lee W. (eds.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-0-313-07033-4
- Roy, Kaushik (2013b), "Bana", in Coetzee, Daniel; Eysturlid, Lee W. (eds.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-0-313-07033-4
- Sen, Sailendra Nath (1999), Ancient Indian History and Civilization, New Age International, ISBN 978-8-122-41198-0
- Sengupta, Nitish K. (2011), Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib, Penguin Books India, ISBN 978-0-14341-678-4
- Tripathi, Rama Shankar (1989) [1964], History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest (Reprinted ed.), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8-120-80404-3