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We pass over his son Ramachandra and come to Bhoja Deva who was the most powerful king of the Pratihāra dynasty. We have about five inscriptions of his time ranging from V. S. 900 to 939 (=844-883 A. D.). His silver and copper coins bearing on one side the legend Sri Mahädivarāha' and on the other an image of Bow have also been discovered. He was also a devotee of Bhagavatī. His queen's name was Chandrabhattārikā Devī. A sixth inscription of his has been discovered in Kathiawad which shows that his sway extended to that province also.
“Bhoja" to quote Smith "enjoyed a long reign of about half a century ( C. 840-90 A. D.) and beyond question was a very powerful monarch whose dominions may be called an empire without an exaggeration." (E. H. I. p. 397.) "Unfortunately, no Magesthenese or Bāņa has left a record of the nature of his internal government” ( Ibid p. 380 ).
He was succeeded by his son Mahendra pāla. He is also called Nirbhayarāja or Nirbhaya-narendra. Two of his inscriptions and three of his copper-plates have been found dating from V. S. 950 to V. S. 967 (=894-911 A. D.) Two of the copper-plates were found in the village of Una in the Junagadha state. That proves his suzerainty over that part. He had appointed a governor whose name was Dhiyaka and who was administrating the province on his behalf.
His teacher was the famous poet and critic Rājasekhara who is the author of a work on Poetics called the Kávyamīmāısā, and of the plays, Karpūramanjarī Viddhaşālabhanjikā, Bālarāmāyaṇa and Balabhārata. We find that Hemachandra has
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