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Kavyanusasana
a sámanta of Nāgāvaloka, we can say that his dominion extended from Mārwād in the north to Broach in the south.' In his time the Baluchis made an expedition against his kingdom but were defeated.
Then, we pass over to two other kings-Kakutstha and Devarāja-and come to Vatsarāja. He conquered the Gauda kings of Bengal. When he was engaged in fighting with a king of Mālavā, he was attacked by the Rashtrakūta king Dhruvarāja who ultimately defeated him. Vatsaraja had to flee back to his country Māravāda and hand over the two white umbrellas which he had taken from the Gauda king to the Rashtrakūta king. He is referred to in the Jaina Harivamşapurāna composed by the Jaina Digambara Achārya Jinasena in Saka Samvat 705 (= 783 A. D.). He is also referred to by Uddyotanasūri in bis Kuvalayamāļā-kathā (p. 271).
He was succeeded by his son Nagabhatta II. He was also called Nāgāvaloka. He defeated Chakrāyudha the king of Kanouj and thus became the lord of an empire. We know from the Gwalior inscription that he conquered the kings of Andhra, Saindhava, Vidarbha, Kalinga and Vanga and took the mountain-castles of Ānartta, Mälavā, Kirāta, Turushka, Vatsa, and Matsya. We have an inscription of hin V.S. 772 ( =716 A. D.) found from Buchakala a village in the Jodhapura state. He was a great devotee of Bhagavatī. This Nāgabhatta is also called Ama by the Jaina writers. According to the Prabhavakacharita he died in V. S. 890 (=834 A. D.). Probably it was in his time that Bhinnamāla ceased to be the capital of Gurjara empire and only remained a provincial capital. The seat of the Gurjara empire then became Kānyakubja.
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