[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.177 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.177 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.177 - **Language:** English ### [c5.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.177) 605 Rājyavardhana of Thāṇeśar, eldest son and successor of Prabhākaravardhana. His reign was short, as he was slain by a king called by Bāṇa, Narendragupta of Gauḍa, by Hiuen Tsang, Śaśāṅka of Karṇasuvarṇa, on his return from a successful expedition against the king of Mālava, undertaken just after his father's death, to avenge the murder of his brother-in-law, Grahavarman, the Maukhari.—EI. i, 70. - [Previous: c5.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.176) - [Next: c5.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.178) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.177) · Pramāṇa