The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.42

v1.c15.42

For Prālambha, the first king of this group, we have no records. But in the Tejpur plates of his grandson Vanamāla he is called *Prāgjyotiṣeśa*, and the name of his queen (*rājñī*) is given as Jīvadā.³ If Major Jenkins' version of the inscription can be relied upon, then it also refers to his hostility to the Sālastambha—Hariṣa group of princes. From the fact, however, that the Nowgong grant of Balavarman omits him from the dynastic table it would seem that he was not a prince, who enjoyed any great degree of power. As his son's inscription is dated in 829 A.D., he can reasonably be referred to the beginning of the 9th century. The same inscription of Vanamāla mentions *nṛpendu Śrī*-Harjara and his *Agramahiṣī Mahādevī Tārā*. Harjara was the son and successor of Prālambha, and was probably the first ruler of this group to wield any considerable degree of power. This is confirmed by the fact that in the Nowgong copper-plate Balavarman omits Prālambha and traces his descent from Harjara. Of the reign of this prince we have the following inscriptions:—