Question

Who was Nagabhata?
(a) Gupta ruler
(b) Chakrayudha
(c) Malava
(d) Pratihara king

Answer 1

Nagabhata was a Pratihara king.

• Nagabhata is named as the founder of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty in the Gwalior inscription of his descendants Mihira Bhoja. The exact date of Nagabhata's reign is unknown. His grandson Vatsaraja is known to have ruled Avanti in 783-784 CE. Taking a 25-year period in each generation, Nagabhata is thought to have ascended the throne about 730 CE.
• The Gwalior inscription traces its ancestry to the legendary hero Lakshmana. The historical predecessors of Nagabhata are not yet fully known, but he ruled from Ujjain in the Avanti region. The Jain inscription Harivamsa (783-784 CE) states that his grandson Vatsaraja was the king and also the "son of the Avanti soil" (Avanti-bhūbriti). It also describes other neighboring kingdoms leaving a person unsure of its location. The 871 CE inscription of the Sanjan-brass plate of the ruler of Rashtrakuta Amoghavarsha also suggests the association of Gurjara-Pratiharas with Ujjain. Based on this, a number of historians, including R. C. Majumdar and Baij Nath Puri, are of the opinion that Ujjain, the capital of Avanti, was the first native of Nagabhata.

Answer 2

Answer:

(d) Pratihara king

Nagabhata was the king behind northern India's royal Gurjara Pratihara dynasty.

Explanation:

Nagabhata I (730-760 CE) was the pioneer behind northern India's royal Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. From his capital in Ujjain, he controlled the Avanti (or Malava) locale of cutting edge Madhya Pradesh. He might have extended his command over the Gurjara country, which incorporates portions of advanced Gujarat and Rajasthan. He repulsed an Arab intrusion from Sindh, which was probably driven by Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri or Al-Hakam ibn Awana.