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dhana about the middle of the Sixth Century. After a fairly peaceful reiga of more than a quarter of a century Dravyavardhana lost eastern Malwa to the later Gupta Ruler, Mabasenagupta and Western Malwa to the Kalachuri ruler Sankaragaña. In the beginning of the Seventh century (601 AD) the Calatyas of Bådāmi defeated and ousted Sankaragama's son and successor Budharāja and became paramount in that region".
These views of Dr. Buddha Prakash makes it evident that :
1. The Gupta monarch replaced Rudravarma son of Bandhuvarma in
Malwa in the Eighties of the fifth century A.D. by Adityavardhana. 2. Adityavardhana lost to the Hüņas in 510 A.D. 3. About 530 Yašɔdharman Vişnuvardhana extirpated the Hūņa-s and
occupied whole of Malawa having himself risen from ranks. 4. Dravyavardhaoa succeeded him about the middle of the Sixth Century
i.e. 550 A.D. and reigned upto 573 A,D. 5. Ho lost Eastern Mālawa to Mahāsonagupta and Western Malawa to
Śarkaragaņa. 6. Sankaragana's son Buddharaja was defeated and ousted by Calatyas
of Badāmi who became the paramount sovereigos of the Malawa.
But Dr. R. S. Tripathi dealing with the History of the Kings of Valabhi makes it clear that Harsa (Śiladitya), had his son-in-law in Dhruvabhata who was a nephew of Siladitya of Malawa.3. Dr. Tripathi calls Harşa as the quondam adversary of Dhruvabbața. He even identifies Śiladitya the former king of Málawa with siladitya Dharmaditya of Valabhi (612 AD)37 who extended his sway over Malawa at that time.
This view of Dr. Tripathi gives us a clue that $iladitya Dharmaditya of Valabhi was the Malavaraja the uncle of Dhruvabhata who was the son-in-law of Harsa. But the testimony of Yuanchwang can be based on sooondhand information as compared with the firsthand information of the inscriptions such as Madhuban and Banskhera plates of Harya which describe the extirpation of Dovagupta and others at the hands of Rajyavardhana who certainly killed the Malavara ja who could not have been Mahasenagupta who was a maternal uncle of his father Prabhakaravadhapa and a brother of the grandmother of Rajyavardhana and Harta who could hardly censure him as a wicked horse. The problem of Bhaskaravarma of Bana having been examined and that of Malavarāja Devagupta' having boen discussed in the light of the divergent views of the scholars
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