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Hari-varman (
''Ha-ri-va-rmmā'') was the first Maharaja of Kannauj and the founder of the
Gupta script
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: ''Ha-ri-va-rmmā'') was the first Maharaja of Kannauj and the founder of the Maukhari dynasty
The Maukhari dynasty (Gupta script: , ''Mau-kha-ri'') was a post-Gupta Empire, Gupta dynasty who controlled the vast plains of Ganges, Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kannauj, Kanyakubja. They earlier served as vassa ...
. He is the first ruler to be named in the known Maukhari records.
Biography
Hari-varman was the founder of theMaukhari dynasty
The Maukhari dynasty (Gupta script: , ''Mau-kha-ri'') was a post-Gupta Empire, Gupta dynasty who controlled the vast plains of Ganges, Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kannauj, Kanyakubja. They earlier served as vassa ...
. He is the first ruler to be named in the known Maukhari records. He or one of his immediate ancestors probably moved westwards towards Kannauj
Kannauj (Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: ) is an ancient city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar palika, Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Ut ...
during the decline of the Guptas
The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the classical period of the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its zenith, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian ...
from their original seat in Gaya where the original branch of the Maukharis were established known as the Maukharis of Gaya. He only bore the title of ''Maharaja'', unlike the other Maukhari rulers who had pompous titles. The Haraha inscription gives him the epithet of ''Jvalamukha'' (fire-faced).
The Asirgadh seal of Sarva-varman Maukhari says that- (There was) the illustrious Mahârâja Harivarman, whose fame stretched out beyond the four oceans; who had other kings brought into subjection by (his) prowess and by affection (for him); who was like (the god) Chakradhara, in employing (his) sovereignty for regulating the different castes and stages of religious life; (and) who was the remover of the afflictions of (his) subjects. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the illustrious Mahârâja Âdityavarman, begotten on the Bhattârikâ and Dêvî Jayasvâminî.
Succession
He was succeeded by his son Adityavarman onto the Maukhari throne.See also
*Maukhari dynasty
The Maukhari dynasty (Gupta script: , ''Mau-kha-ri'') was a post-Gupta Empire, Gupta dynasty who controlled the vast plains of Ganges, Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kannauj, Kanyakubja. They earlier served as vassa ...
*Gupta Empire
The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the classical period of the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its zenith, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian ...
*Vardhana dynasty
The Pushyabhuti dynasty (IAST: Puṣyabhūti), also known as the Vardhana dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Thanesar in northern India during the 6th and 7th centuries. The dynasty reached its zenith under its last ruler Harsha ...
References
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