Yashodharman

Yashodharman
Samraat[1]
Naradhipati[2]
Rajadhiraja[2]
The defeat of the Alchon Huns of Mihirakula by king Yashodharman at Sondani in 528 AD.
Emperor of Malwa
Reign515–545
PredecessorPrakashadharma
SuccessorKingdom abolished
HouseSecond Aulikara dynasty
ReligionHinduism
The name Śrī Yaśodharmma ("Lord Yashodharman") in Gupta script in Line 4 of the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana.[3]

Yashodharman (Gupta script: Ya-śo-dha-rmma,[3] IAST: Yaśodharman) was the ruler of the Malava Empire in North India, from 515 until his death in 545. He belonged to the Second Aulikara dynasty.[4] He conquered much of the Indian subcontinent between c. 530–540 according to the Mandsaur pillar inscription.[5]

  1. ^ On the Mandasor Pillar Inscriptions of Yasodharman
  2. ^ a b Ashvini Agarwal (1989), Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, Motilal Banarsidass, p. 250-6, ISBN 81-208-0592-5
  3. ^ a b Fleet, John Faithfull (1960). Inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings And Their Successors. pp. 150–158.
  4. ^ J. L. Jain (1994). Development and Structure of an Urban System. Mittal Publications. p. 30. ISBN 978-81-7099-552-4.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sagar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).