Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.156

c16.s2.156

Sometimes the rulers of the same dynasty were worshippers of different deities. Thus the inscriptions of Harṣa represent some of the rulers of the Puṣyabhūti family in the following way : *Paramādityabhakta* (a devout worshipper of the Sun-god) Rājyavardhana I; his son *Paramādityabhakta* Ādityavardhana, his son *Paramādityabhakta* Prabhākaravardhana; his son *Paramasaugata* (a devout worshipper of the Sugata or Buddha) Rājyavardhana II; his younger brother *Paramamāheśvara* Harṣa.¹ Similarly, the Barah plate of Bhoja represents the kings of the Pratihāra dynasty as follows: *Paramavaiṣṇava* Devaśakti; his son *Paramamāheśvara* Vatsarāja; his son *Paramabhagavatībhakta* (a devout worshipper of the goddess Bhagavatī) Nāgabhaṭa; his son *Paramādityabhakta* Rāmabhadra; his son *Paramabhagavatībhakta* Bhoja.² Instead of *Paramādityabhakta*, such devotees of the Sun-god as king Viśvarūpasena of Bengal, son of *Paramavaiṣṇava* or *Paramanārasimha* Lakṣmaṇasena, called themselves *Paramasaura*.³ Similarly in place of *Paramasaugata*, Buddhist kings sometimes called themselves *Paramatāthāgata*.⁴