Dharasena was a
Traikutaka ruler of the
Konkan
The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...
coast. He was the son of the Traikutaka ruler Indradatta and succeeded him as king. He is known to have performed an ''
ashwamedha
The Ashvamedha () was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Ĺrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty: a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander ...
'' horse sacrifice
and was succeeded by his son Vyaghrasena.
Reign
King Dharasena expanded his realm, which soon bordered the
Vakataka
The Vakataka dynasty () was an ancient Indian dynasty that originated from the Deccan in the mid-3rd century CE. Their state is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the ...
realm. This led to conflict and the Vakataka king
Narendrasena
Narendrasena () was a ruler of the Nandivardhana-Pravarapura branch of the Vakataka dynasty. He succeeded his father Pravarasena II as Maharaja.
Early life
Narendrasena was possibly born to Ajnakabhattarika, who may have been the chief queen ...
, who with the help of his son & crown prince
Prithivishena, probably defeated the Traikutikas, as later king
Prithivishena's inscriptions refer to him twice rescuing the "sunken fortunes of his family".
See also
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Abhira dynasty
The Abhira dynasty was a dynasty that ruled over the western Deccan, where it perhaps succeeded the Satavahana dynasty. From 203 to roughly 270 or 370, this dynasty formed a vast kingdom. The Abhiras had an extensive empire comprising modern-da ...
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Konkan
The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...
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Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I was Gupta Empire, Gupta emperor from 415 until his death in 455. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the wes ...
References
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5th-century Indian monarchs
5th-century Hindus