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Vatsaraja

king of Ujjain

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history of India

In India: The tripartite struggle
Vatsaraja, a Pratihara ruler who came to the throne about 778, controlled eastern Rajasthan and Malava. His ambition to take Kannauj brought him into conflict with the Pala king, Dharmapala (reigned c. 770–810), who had by this time advanced up the Ganges valley. The Rashtrakuta…
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role in Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty

In Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty
…in Malwa, and his grandnephew Vatsaraja is attested as king of Ujjain in 783. Vatsaraja suffered a great defeat at the hands of the Rastrakutas, and both he and his son Nagabhata II seem to have accepted Rastrakuta suzerainty for a time. In the complicated and badly documented wars of…
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