Durlabhavardhana

Durlabhavardhana was the founder and first king of the Karkota Dynasty.[5] His kingdom was located in the present-day Indian state of Kashmir. He brought the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area under his control.[8][9] Xuanzang, the famous Chinese pilgrim and scholar, visited Kashmir during his reign and gives a very detailed and long account of what he saw.[5]

Durlabhavardhana
Prajnaditya[1][3]
1st Karkota king
Reign598 CE - 634 CE (38 years) [4][5][6]
PredecessorKing Baladitya of Kashmir (?–?)
SuccessorDurlabhaka (Pratapaditya II)
SpouseAnangalekha[7]
DynastyKarkota Dynasty
FatherNaga Karkota
ReligionHinduism

Ascension to the throne of Kashmir

King Baladitya (561-598 AD) of Kashmir had a daughter named Ananggalekha ; an astrologer seeing her one day with her father prophesied to the king that his son-in-law would reign here after instead of his 15 sons , and that the line of Gonanda would end after Baladitya. The king not wishing that the kingdom would pass away from his line through his daughter, tried to oppose fate; and instead of marrying her to a king or a prince he married her to a Kayastha officer named Durlabhavardhana, thinking that as his daughter was not married to one of the royal family she would not be able to inherit the kingdom. This Durlabhavardhana was the son of the sister of Naga king Karkotaka, but the king was not aware of the fact. After Baladitya's death, his minister, Kharga supported Durlabhavardhana as the next king, and he was crowned king.[10][11][5]

Thus, the Gonanditya Dynasty ended, and the Karkota Dynasty started.[12][13]

Reign

Durlabhavardhana was a powerful king, and was a great and pious devotee of Vishnu anf followed Vaishnavism.[14][6]

Territory

Takshasila (Rawalpindi district), Simhapura (Salt Range region), Urasa (Hazara or Abbottabad district), Pan-nu-tso (Punch), and Rajapura (Rajaori) were under Kashmir. Thus Durlabhavardhana ruled over not only Kashmir proper, but also a part of western and north-western Punjab as well.[5]


References
  1. SIudmak, John (5 April 2013). The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and Its Influences: 28 (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia) (Illustrated, Hardcover ed.). Brill. p. 262. ISBN 978-9004243156. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book III,pp.57-60
  3. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book III,pp.57-60
  4. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/List of Kings,p.xxi
  5. http://www.egyankosh.ac.in, http://www.egyankosh.ac.in. "BHIC-103E DK-2 proof.xps" (PDF). Egyankosh.ac. Egyankosh.ac. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. Siudmak, John. "Historical and Cultural Background of Kashmir Up to 1003 AD". Brill. Brill. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book III,pp.57-60
  8. Rajatarangini, Kalhana (1989). Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. pp. 53–54.
  9. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/List of Kings,p.xxi
  10. Rajatarangini, Kalhana (1989). Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. pp. 53–54.
  11. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book III,pp.57-60
  12. Rajatarangini, Kalhana (1989). Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. pp. 53–54.
  13. Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/List of Kings,p.xxi
  14. Saxena, Hina (1995). "Vaishnavism in Kashmir During the Time of the Karkotas". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (Digital ed.). Indian History Congress. 56: 116–124. JSTOR 44158593. Retrieved 15 December 2020.


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