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PRATIHARAS

Q1. Who were Pratiharas?
A branch of the famous Gurjars - one of those nomadic central Asian tribes that came into India along with the HUNAS.
Q2. Who was the first notable ruler of the Pratiharas and what are the regions ruled by them?

NAGABHATTA I - 8th century AD - He successfully defended the western India from the invasion of the Arabs. He left a peaceful principality of Malwa, parts of Rajputana and Gujarat.

Q3. Who was the not able successor of Nagabhatta, though there were two in between?

VATSARAJA - nephew of Nagabhatta I. He defeated the Bhaidi clan, keeping his seat of authority of Kanauj. He also defeated Dharmapala of Bengal and thus created a major empire. He, however, suffered a major defeat at the hands of Rashtrakuta king Dhruv. He was considered as the founder of the Gurjara - Pariharas dynasty.

Q4. Who was to succeed VATSARAJA?

NAGABHATTA II - To avenge the defeat of his father, he overran Kanauj and made it his capital and also fought successfully against Dharmapala by advancing upto Monghyr. During his tenure the Pratihara empire extended upto parts of Rajputana, and large parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Q5. Who succeeded Nagabhatta II?
RAMABHADRA : He had a short tenure for three years, and during his period, Pratihara empire's advancement was kept under check by Pala emperor Devapala's aggressive policy.
Q6. Who succeeded Ramabhadra?
MIHIRA BHOJA - Pratihara's power reached its glory and his power was respected upto the Himalayas. He had the longest rule for 46 years. During his rule, the Pratiharas extended upto Himalayas in the north, Bengal in the east, Bundelkhand and Vatsa in the South/South East, Narmada and Saurashtra on the South west and major portion of Rajputana on the west.He was known as Mihira Bhoja the Great.
Q7. Who were the other notable rulers of this Pratihara dynasty after Mihira Bhoja the Great?

Mahendrapal I - 890 to 910;

Bhoja II -910 to 913;

Mahipala I - 913 to 944    and

Mahendrapal III - 944 to 948.

These rulers retained and sustained their territory. The later rulers were insignificant and the empire started fading with the conquest of Kanauj by Md. Ghazni in 1008. After some years of survival the empire got completely desestablished by 1036 AD.