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Yashodharman ( Gupta script: ''Ya-śo-dha-rmma'', ) was a ruler of the Malava Empire in North India, from 515 until his death in 545. He belonged to the Second Aulikara dynasty. He conquered much of the
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/ref> Only one more Gupta inscription is known after that date, a land grant in the area of Kotivarsha ( Bangarh in
Twin monolithic pillars at Sondani in Mandsaur District were erected by Yasodharman as a record of his victory. In a part of the Sondani inscription, Yasodharman thus praises himself for having defeated king Mihirakula:
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/ref>Foreign Influence on Ancient India by Krishna Chandra Saga
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/ref> Yashodharman thus conquered vast territories from the Hunas and the Guptas,Tribal Culture, Faith, History And Literature, Narayan Singh Rao, Mittal Publications, 200
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/ref> although his short-lived empire would ultimately disintegrate between c. 530–540 AD.
{{Authority control 6th-century Indian monarchs Kings of Malwa Aulikara dynasty Emperors in India People from Mandsaur
Yashodharman ( Gupta script: ''Ya-śo-dha-rmma'', ) was a ruler of the Malava Empire in North India, from 515 until his death in 545. He belonged to the Second Aulikara dynasty. He conquered much of the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
between c. 530–540 according to the Mandsaur pillar inscription.
Reign
Towards the end of the 5th century, India came under attack from the Hunas. Yashodharman and possibly the Gupta emperor, Narasimhagupta, defeated a Huna army and their ruler Mihirakula in 528 AD and drove them out of India. Three inscriptions of Yasodharman have been found in Mandsaur. One of these, the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana is of samvat 589 (532 AD).Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana (532 AD)
The Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana was written in 532 AD, and records the construction of a well by a person named Daksha in Dashapura (modern Mandsaur, also often spelled Mandasor), during the rule of Yashodharman. The inscription mentions the victories of local ruler Yasodharman and Vishnuvardhan over Northern and Eastern kingdoms. These kingdoms are not further specified, but it is known that Yashodhaman occupied most of the territories of the Alchon Huns or Hunas to the north, and most of the territories of theGupta 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 ...
to the east following his victories.Indian Esoteric Buddhism: Social History of the Tantric Movement by Ronald M. Davidsop.31
/ref> Only one more Gupta inscription is known after that date, a land grant in the area of Kotivarsha ( Bangarh in
West Bengal
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) by the last Gupta emperor Vishnugupta. The victory against the Alchons Huns is also described in the Mandsaur pillar inscription of Yashodharman. Hans Bakker 50 years that changed India (Timeline)
Mandsaur pillar inscription of Yashodharman (515–550 AD)
Twin monolithic pillars at Sondani in Mandsaur District were erected by Yasodharman as a record of his victory. In a part of the Sondani inscription, Yasodharman thus praises himself for having defeated king Mihirakula:
Territory
In Line 5 of the Mandsaur pillar inscription, Yashodharman claims he vanquished his enemies and now controls the territory from the neighbourhood of the (river) Lauhitya ( Brahmaputra River) to the "Western Ocean" (WesternIndian Ocean
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), and from the Himalayas
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to mountain Mahendra.Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol p.145
/ref>Foreign Influence on Ancient India by Krishna Chandra Saga
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/ref> Yashodharman thus conquered vast territories from the Hunas and the Guptas,Tribal Culture, Faith, History And Literature, Narayan Singh Rao, Mittal Publications, 200
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/ref> although his short-lived empire would ultimately disintegrate between c. 530–540 AD.
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{{Authority control 6th-century Indian monarchs Kings of Malwa Aulikara dynasty Emperors in India People from Mandsaur