Mahendrapala I
| Mahendrapala I | |
|---|---|
| Parameshvara Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja King of Kanyakubja Raghukula-Chudamani | |
| 7th Gurjara-Pratiharan Emperor | |
| Reign | c. 885 – c. 910 |
| Predecessor | Mihira Bhoja |
| Successor | Bhoja II |
| Consorts | Dehanaga-Devi Mahidevi |
| Issue | Bhoja II Mahipala |
| Father | Mihira Bhoja |
| Mother | Candra-Bhattarika-Devi |
Mahendrapala I (IAST: Mahendrapāla; r. 885 – 910) was the Gurjara-Pratiharan Emperor from 885 until his death in 910. He reigned over a vast empire in northern India and repulsed an Islamic Invasion. He is also mentioned on various inscriptions found in present-day Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by the names Mahindrapala, Mahendrayudha, Mahisapaladeva, and also Nirbhayaraja, Nirbhayanarendra and Raghukula-tilaka in the plays of his guru Rajasekhara.[1][2][3]
Reign
Inscriptions discovered at Ramgaya, opposite the Gadadhar temple at Gaya, at Guneria in the southern part of the Gaya district, at Itkhori in the Hazaribagh district of Bihar, describe his reign.
Earlier, it was thought that the greater part of Magadha up to even northern Bengal had come under the suzerainty of the emperor Mahendrapala I.[4]: 21 However, that theory has been debunked due to the discovery of a Pala king named Mahendrapala, whose inscriptions were mistakenly attributed to his Gurjara namesake. [5]
In the north, his authority extended up to the foot of the Himalayas. Gwalior was also under his control as the Siyadoni inscription mentions him the ruling sovereign in 903 and 907 A.D.. Thus, he retained the empire transmitted to him by his father Gurjar samrat Mihira Bhoja and also added some part of Bengal by defeating Palas. He also repulsed a Muslim invasion either by the Samanids or the Saffarids.[6]
References
- ^ Baji Nath Puri (1986). The History of the Gurjara-Pratihāras. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers.
- ^ Rama Shankar Tripathi (1989). History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 248. ISBN 978-81-208-0404-3.
- ^ Radhey Shyam Chaurasia (2002). History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 208. ISBN 978-81-269-0027-5.
- ^ Sen, S.N., 2013, A Textbook of Medieval Indian History, Delhi: Primus Books, ISBN 9789380607344
- ^ Debala Mitra; Gouriswar Bhattacharya (1991). Akṣayanīvī: Essays Presented to Dr. Debala Mitra in Admiration of Her Scholarly Contributions. Sri Satguru Publications. ISBN 978-81-7030-275-9.
- ^ Rama Shankar Tripathi (1989). History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 248–254. ISBN 978-81-208-0404-3.
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