The hierarchical history of the Thaneswar Vardhans dates back to the time of Prabhakarvardhan. Prabhakarvardhan was the creator of the independence of the Vardhana dynasty. His independent status is known by his honorable titles like Parambhattaraka and Maharajadhiraj.
Sources of history of information of the Vardhan dynasty of Thaneshwar.
Prabhakarvardhan was a powerful king. The details of his achievements are found in the joy of the Baan in this way – he is a lion for Hari in the form of hun, fever for the king of the Indus country, he will not let the Gurjar sleep peacefully, fever is burning for the cool elephant of the gandhraj. The culmination of the country’s ingenuity, Malwa was like a ax to cut the Lakshmirupi creeper of the country.
Thus he was also known by another name called Pratapashil.
There was also a war of Prabhakarvardhan with the Huns in Punjab. Harshcharit reveals that he had sent his son and elder son Rajyavardhan to Uttarapath to fight with the Huns. Uttarapath here refers to the regions of the northwestern borderlands, which included Gandhar, Kambhoj, Madr etc.
Evolution of Hun Power.
We read in the Gupta period that the first invasions of the Huns took place during the time of Skandagupt, In which Skandagupt defeated the Huns. After the Huns were defeated by Skandagupt, they settled in the Gandhar region. This is also called the country of Mlechch. From here onward, he invaded India at the time of various dynasties.
During the time of Prabhakarvardhan, the Hunas invaded in Punjab. He sent Rajyavardhan to Punjab to fight with the Huns, and he defeated the Huns.
Ranjitsingh and Punjab.
Baan has given a separate description of Sindh and Gandhar after the Huns, which were won by Prabhakarvardhan.
The Kushanas were ruled by the Indus. Gandhar was ruled by white Huns, who are called Aphthalites.
Gurjar refers to the kings of the country. The ancient Gurjar state was in Rajasthan. In Harsh period, a branch of Gurjars resided in Bhrigukchha in Gujarat, Whose ruler was Dadd II. There was a war between Dadd II and Prabhakarvardhan’s ancestors.
Banabhatta also mentions Prabhakarvardhan’s enmity with Lat and Malwa. The Lat region was spread over Gujarat, Konkan, North Maharashtra and Vidarbha and was under the authority of the Kalachuri kings. The Shankargan of this dynasty tried to save Ujjayini in western Malwa and his work was assisted by Prabhakarvardhan.
Malwa refers to Western Malwa, which was formerly the kingdom of Yashodharman. The region of eastern Malwa was already under the kingdom of Uttaragupt. This was the protected state of Prabhakarvardhan. In this way, Prabhakarvardhan made the titles like Parambhattaraka and Maharajadhiraj meaningful by defeating his contemporary diverse powers.
According to Banskhera and Madhuban articles, the fame of Prabhakarvardhan crossed the four seas and other kings were bowed down to him because of his majesty or love. At the time of Prabhakarvardhan’s death, his empire consisted of Gandhar, Sindh, Gurjar Desh and Malwa and extended from Sindh in the west to Narmada River in the south. His contemporary Maukhari king Avantivarma was also a very powerful king, but Prabhakarvardhan did not enmity with him due to diplomatic reasons.
Prabhakarvardhan’s married life
By the way, Prabhakarvardhan had many queens. But the queen named Yashomati was her head queen. Yashomati was born two sons – Rajyavardhan and Harshvardhan and a girl, Rajyashree.
Rajyashree was married to Maukhari King Grahvarma of Kannauj, As a result of this, relations of friendship were established between the Vardhan and the Maukhari dynasty.
Prabhakarvardhan’s relations with Mahasengupt’s faction were also friendly. Mahasengupta’s two sons Kumaragupt and Madhavagupt both resided in the court of Prabhakarvardhan.
Harshcharit reveals that another son named Krishna was also Prabhakarvardhan’s son. Krishna was the son of another queen of Prabhakarvardhan.
Hun and prabhakarvardhan
At the end of the reign of Prabhakarvardhan i.e. 604 AD, there was an attack of Huns on its western border. Due to this, peace and security of the state was endangered. As a result, he gave his eldest son Rajyavardhan, who was 18 years old at the time, sent with a huge army to face the Huns.
Harshcharit shows that when Rajyavardhan went towards the North-Western border to fight against the Huns. Harsh also went with the cavalry army behind him, but he started enjoying the game in the jungles of the Himalayas. When the two brothers were thus engaged, Harsh was informed by an ambassador named Kurangak that his father was seriously ill. Harsh immediately returned to his capital and found that the king was on his death bed. To save Prabhakarvardhan, a Rajavadya named Rasayan and Sushen made a lot of efforts. But Prabhakarvardhan died. Queen Yashomati jumped into the pyre and committed self-immolation.
Envoys were sent to call Rajyavardhan. Hearing the news, he quickly returned to Thaneshwar. But upon reaching there, he found the father dead and the entire city mourned.
Smith, the historian, thinks that there was a group of councilors in the court that wanted to make Harsh the king.
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