Military career Lakshmikarna

1 military career

1.1 raids
1.2 crowining chakravartin
1.3 bhoja , bhima
1.4 chandelas
1.5 palas
1.6 alliance someshvara i

military career

the karan temple @ amarkantak, built lakshmikarna

lakshmikarna succeeded father gangeyadeva on throne of tripuri in 1041 ce.

early raids

the 1048-49 rewa stone inscription describes lakshmikarna s military successes in eastern regions of vanga (modern bengal) , anga. in vanga, karna defeated chandra king, possibly govindachandra. appointed vajradaman governor of captured territory. vajradaman s son jatavarman married lakshmikarna s daughter virashri, , later aided him in anga campaign.

the rewa inscription claims lakshmikarna attaked kanchi in south. suggests fought chola king rajadhiraja.

in inscription, lakshmikarna claims have seized fortune of king of kuntala, identified kalyani chalukya king someshvara i. however, chalukya court poet bilhana claims someshvara destroyed power of lakshmikarna. suggests war between 2 kings indecisive.

the rewa inscription further states lakshmikarna invaded gurjara country, turned local women widows. apabhramsha verse cited in prakrita-paingala suggests lakshmikarna defeated gurjara king. king can identified chaulukya king bhima i. appears peace established between 2 kingdoms, bhima later participated in 1 of lakshmikarna s campaigns.

crowining chakravartin

in 1052-1053 ce (804 ke), lakshmikarna coronated himself chakravartin (universal ruler). attested rewa inscription of general vappulla; inscription dated lakshmikarna s second regnal year chakravartin.

lakshmikarna bore common imperial titles paramabhattaraka, maharajadhiraja, , parameshvara. inherited title trikalingadhipati father. in addition, assumed title rajatrayadhipati (lord of 3 forces: horses, elephants , men). successors continued use these titles, although not powerful lakshmikarna.

bhoja , bhima

bhoja, paramara king of malwa, had defeated lakshmikarna s father gangeyadeva. in mid-1050s, lakshmikarna , chaulukya king bhima formed alliance against bhoja. bhima attacked malwa west, while lakshmikarna attacked west.

according 14th century chronicler merutunga, bhoja died 2 kings attacked malwa. bhima , lakshmikarna had agreed divide bhoja s kingdom among themselves. but, lakshmikarna annexed entire malwa region after bhoja s death. result, bhima invaded lakshmikarna s kingdom , advanced capital tripuri. lakshmikarna engineered peace treaty gifting him elephants, horses , golden mandapika of bhoja.

lakshmikarna lost control of malwa within few months. bhoja s successor jayasimha sought assistance kalyani chalukya king someshvara restore paramara rule in malwa. someshvara sent son vikramaditya vi jayasimha. lakshmikarna achieved successes against vikramaditya, defeated. jayasimha gained ancestral throne in 1055 ce.

chandelas

lakshmikarna subjugated chandela king devavarman (r. c. 1050-1060 ce). allegorical play prabodha-chandrodaya, composed chandela court scholar krishna misra, suggests kalachuri king de-throned chandela king. literary work — vikramanka-deva-charita bilhana — states kalachuri king lakshmikarna lord of death lord of kalanjara (that is, devavarman). later chandela inscriptions credit devavarman s successor kirttivarman resurrecting chandela power. thus, appears devavarman killed in battle against lakshmikarna.

lakshmikarna appears have retained control on part of chandela territory more decade. however, ousted kirttivarman, sometime before 1075-76 ce.

palas

lakshmikarna invaded pala-ruled gauda region in present-day west bengal. pillar inscription found @ paikar (or paikore) in birbhum district records creation of image @ lakshmikarna s order. suggests lakshmikarna advanced far birbhum district.

the siyan stone slab inscription nayapala s reign states lakshmikarna defeated. according tibetan accounts, buddhist monk atisha engineered peace treaty between nayapala , king of karnya of west . historian r. c. majumdar identifies second king lakshmikarna.

the 12th century jain author hemachandra states lakshmikarna defeated king of gauda, , king of gauda offered lakshmikarna heavy tribute save life , throne. according v. v. mirashi, king might have been nayapala s successor vigrahapala iii. 2 kings concluded peace treaty, lakshmikarna s daughter yuvanashri marrying pala king.

alliance someshvara i

after death of kalyani chalukya king someshvara i, 2 sons someshvara ii , vikramaditya vi struggled gain throne. lakshmikarna allied someshvara ii, while paramara king jayasimha sided vikramaditya vi. combined army of lakshmikarna , someshvara ii attacked paramara kingdom of malwa, , captured after dethroning jayasimha. however, bhoja s brother udayaditya defeated lakshmikarna, , took control of paramara kngdom around 1073 ce.