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History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c26: Appendix F. Pratīhāra kings of Kanauj

History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c26

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Appendix F. Pratīhāra kings of Kanauj

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| Serial No. | Name of King | Relationship | Titles | Name of queen | Religion | Known dates | Approximate date of accession |
| 1 | Nāgabhaṭa or Nāgāvaloka. | Son of Vatsarāja. | Mahārāja, Mahārājādhirāja, Parama-bhaṭṭāraka, Parameśvara. | Iṣṭādevī. | Devotee of the goddess Bhagavatī. | 815, (*Prabhāvakacarita*) | 805 A. D. conquered Kanauj about the year 810 A.D. |
| 2 | Rāma, Rāmabhadra or Rāmadeva. | Son of 1. | ” | Appādevī. | Devotee of the Sun-god. | ... | 833 A. D. |
| 3 | Mihira, Bhoja I, Prabhāsa, Ādivarāha. | Son of 2. | ” | Candrabhaṭṭārikādevī. | Devotee of the goddess Bhagavatī. The Ādivarāha type of coins show that he had Vaiṣṇava predilections also. | 836, 843, 862, 864-65, 867-68 (Ahar Ins.) 875, 876, 882 A. D. | 836 A. D. |

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| Serial No. | Name of King | Relationship | Titles | Name of queen | Religion | Known dates | Approximate date of accessions |
| 4 | Mahendrapāla I, Mahendrāyudhā, Mahiṣapāla, Nirbhayarāja, Nirbhayanarendra | Son of 3. | ” | (a) Dehanāgadevī. (b) Mahīdevidevī. | ” | 893, 899, 903, 904-05 (Ahar Ins.) 907 | 885 A. D. |
| 5 | Bhoja II | Son of 4 by Queen No. A. | also Bhāka. | | Vaiṣṇava | | 910 A. D. |
| 6 | Mahīpāla, Kṣitipāla, Vināyakapāla I, Herambapāla | Son of 4, and half-brother of 5. | ” Rājādhirāja (Haddala grant) | Prasādhanādevī. | Devotee of the Sun-god | 914, 917, 931, 942 | 912 |
| 7 | Mahendrapāla II | Son of 6 | ” | | Devotee of the god Maheśa or Śiva | 946 | 944 |

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| 8 | Devapāla. | Son of 6. | Hayapati (Khajutāho Ins.) | Perhaps a devotee of Viṣṇu | 947 |
| 9 | Vināyakapāla II. | | | 948 | 953 |
| 10 | Vijayapāla. | | Parama-bhaṭṭāraka, Mahārājādhirāja, Parameśvara | 954 | 957 |
| 11 | Rājyapāla. | Son of 10. | ” | 959 | 988 |
| 12 | Trilocanapāla. | Son of 11. | ” | 1018,1019 | 1019 |
| 13 | Yaśaḥpāla. | Not known | | 1019,1027 | 1036. After this date follows a period of confusion |

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