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522:. Next, Tata's son Yashovardhana ascended the throne, possibly after a disputed succession. His descendant Shiluka is said to have "fixed a perpetual boundary" between the Stravani and Valla countries. He is also said to have "knocked down" the Bhattika Devaraja of Valla. This appears to be a reference to his victory over the neighbouring rulers. Stravani can be identified with a place in the modern
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Varmalata. B. N. Puri identified this Rajilla as Harichandra's son Rajilla, although the names of their fathers are different according to epigraphic evidence. Puri argued that the members of the two families shared similar names such as Tata, Bapaka and Bauka, and names ending in -bhata
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Ghantiyala inscriptions of the two step-brothers give same genealogy of the family, except the last two names. Since these two inscriptions were found not far from each other, it appears that Bauka succeeded Kakka (rather than the two dividing Kakka's kingdom).
430:. Based on these evidences, it appears that the two families were related, although the exact relationship between them is not known. It appears that the Pratiharas of Mandavyapura ultimately became feudatory of the imperial Pratiharas.
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Kakkuka is the last known ruler of the dynasty. The dynasty probably ended with him, and the kingdom became a part of the
Imperial Pratihara's territories. The Imperial Pratihara dynasty later broke into several small states after the
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Shiluka also excavated a tank, established a new city and commissioned the
Siddheshvara Mahadeva temple at a place called Treta. His son Jhota retired after appointing his son Bhiladitya as the king, and proceeded to
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noble family. They had four sons: Bhogabhatta, Kakka, Rajjila and Dadda. These four men captured
Mandavyapura and erected a rampart there. It is not known where the family lived before the conquest of Mandavyapura.
557:. Kakkuka, a step-brother of Bauka, was the son of Kakka and Durlabhadevi. According to a Ghantiyala inscription, he gained fame in the countries of Travani (Stravani), Valla, Mada, Arya,
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was a small one. Moreover, Xuanzang does not mention
Mandavyapura or Medantaka. According to Puri, the ruler mentioned by Xuanzang was another king named Varmalata.
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Parvata. This Another Ghantiyala inscription mentions that he established a market at a place called Rohiṃsakūpa, which had been deserted for the fear of the
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398:) inscription of Kakkuka. According to the two inscriptions, the family descended from the brother of Ramabhadra. This brother is identified as the legendary
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A 625 CE inscription of a feudatory ruler named
Rajilla has been found at Vasantgarh. This Rajilla and his father Vajrabhata Satyashraya were vassals of the
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The earliest known historical members of the family are
Harichandra and his second wife Bhadra. In Pratihāra inscriptions, Harichandra is mentioned as
623:, on the other hand, assumed a period of 25 years for each generation, and placed him in c. 550 CE. The following is a list of the dynasty's rulers (
538:. Bhiladitya also retired after handing over the kingdom to his son Kakka. Kakka is said to have gained fame in the battle of Mudgagiri (modern
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clan and gave
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invasions. These branches fought each other for territory and one of the branches ruled
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487:. These two words have been identified as Chinese transcriptions of "
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was critical of this theory, because Xuanzang describes the king as
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584:This Pratihara branch had marital ties with
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