The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.104

v1.c13.104

Parvagupta rose from humble circumstances, his grand-father being a mere clerk (*divira*). He appears to have been a strong ruler, and Kalhaṇa tells us that the "malevolent princes, *Ekāṅgas*, chiefs, ministers, officials and *Tantrins* (*pārthiv-aikāṅga-sāmanta-mantri-kāyastha-tantri*) were all afraid of him." But his reign was characterised by fiscal oppression.