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clearly stated that king Indrayudha ruled over the northern part of India, Sri-Vallabha alias king Kṛṣṇa over the southern part and king Vatsaraja, the king of Avanti, over the eastern part of India. The valorous king of Kanauja, Yaśovarma by name, was the founder of a large empire which did not last long. The victorious emperor, Lalitaditya of Kaśmira, had defeated Yasovarmā, the king of the Ayudha dynasty and had annexed the territory of Kanauja to his empire. After 760 A. D. i. e. the year 682 of the Salivahana Saka era when the descendants of Lalitaditya, who had been in power then, had been enfeebled, the rulers of Kanauja had become independant again. When Vinayaditya, a descendant of Lalitaditya, had recovered strength, a king of the Ayudha dynasty, Vajryaudha by name, had been ruling in Kanauja. When Vinayaditya Jayapida had conquered Kanauja, most probably Vajrayudha, who had been succeeded by Indrayudha, had been in power. Indrayudha had been on the throne according to Acarya Jinasena, the author of the Harivamsapurana, at the time when he had completed his work in the year 705 of the Salivahana Saka era i. e. in 783 A. D. Similarly, king Vatsaraja of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty is also described by the same author as a king reigning in the city of Ujjaini, his capitel. As king Indrayudha and king Vatsarāja are described as the contemporaries of Sri-Vallabha, the son of Kṛṣṇarāja, king Sri-Vallabha deserves to be identified with king Dhruvaraja who had assumed the names Dharavarṣa and Nirupama also. According to historians and inscriptions it was this king Dhruvaraja who had defeated Indrayudha and Vatsarāja. I, therefore, have arrived at the conclusion that king ŚriVallabha referred to in the Prasasti of the Harivamśapurana is none else but king Dhruvarāja. On the ground of the reference made in the stanza.
कल्याणैः परिवर्धमानविपुल श्रीवर्धमाने पुरे श्रीपाइवलयनन्नराजवसतो पर्याप्तशेषः पुरा ।
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