Mahendrapala I

This article is about the emperor from the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. For the Pala dynasty emperor, see Mahendrapala.

Mahendrapala I
Parameshvara
Parama-bhattaraka
Maharajadhiraja
King of Kanyakubja
Raghukula-Chudamani
King of Kings of Āryāvarta
King of Kannauj
Reignc. 885 – c. 910
PredecessorMihira Bhoja
SuccessorBhoja II
ConsortsDehanaga-Devi
Mahidevi
IssueBhoja II
FatherMihira Bhoja
MotherCandra-Bhattarika-Devi

Mahendrapala I (IAST: Mahendrapāla; r. 885 – 910) was the Emperor of Aryavarta (ancient name for northern India, lit. 'Land of the (Indo-)Aryans') and King of Kannauj from 885 until his death in 910 and member of the Pratihara dynasty. He reigned over a vast empire in northern India. 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]

  1. ^ Baji Nath Puri (1986). The History of the Gurjara-Pratihāras. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers.
  2. ^ Rama Shankar Tripathi (1989). History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 248. ISBN 978-81-208-0404-3.
  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.