Harivarman

Harivarman
Maharaja, Jvalamukha
King of Kannauj
Reign	510 AD [1]- ?
Predecessor	None
Successor	Adityavarman
Spouse	Devi Jayasvamini
Issue	Adityavarman
Dynasty	Maukhari

Hari-varman (Gupta script: Ha-ri-va-rmmā) was the first Maharaja of Kannauj and the founder of the Maukhari dynasty. He is the first ruler to be named in the known Maukhari records.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Hari-varman was the founder of the Maukhari dynasty. He is the first ruler to be named in the known Maukhari records. He or one of his immediate ancestors probably moved westwards towards Kannauj during the decline of the Guptas. He only bore the title of Maharaja, unlike the other Maukhari rulers who had pompous titles. The Haraha inscription gives him the epithet of Jvalamukha (fire-faced).

The Asirgadh seal of Sarva-varman Maukhari says that- (There was) the illustrious Mahârâja Harivarman, whose fame stretched out beyond the four oceans; who had other kings brought into subjection by (his) prowess and by affection (for him); who was like (the god) Chakradhara, in employing (his) sovereignty for regulating the different castes and stages of religious life; (and) who was the remover of the afflictions of (his) subjects. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the illustrious Mahârâja Âdityavarman, begotten on the Bhattârikâ and Dêvî Jayasvâminî.[2]

Succession

He was succeeded by his son Adityavarman onto the Maukhari throne.[1]

See also

• Maukhari dynasty
• Gupta Empire
• Vardhana dynasty

References

1. "Relations between the Maukhari dynasty and Uttargupt dynasty". India old days. India old days.
2. Tripathi, Rama S. (1989). History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 36. ISBN 9788120804043.
3. Documented by the Shankarpur copper-plate inscription: see SIDDHAM: the asia inscriptions database: https://siddham.network/inscription/in00067/
4. Ronald M. Davidson (2012). Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231501026.