PRATIHARAS

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PRATIHARAS

Overview

The Pratiharas ruled much of northern India from the 6^th to the 11^th centuries CE
Also known as Gurjara Pratiharas, they are associated with the Gujjar tribe and are considered to be Rajputs clans
The capital city of the Pratiharas were Kannauj and Avanti.
The Pratiharas used Sanskrit, Marwari and Malwi as official languages
The Pratiharas were in continuous conflict with the Rashtrakutas and the Palas for more than two centuries
The Pratiharas are credited with repulsing Arab invasions in western India in the 7^th and 8^th centuries CE
The Pratiharas weakened over a period of time, due to having to fight the Palas and Rashtrakutas as well as Arab armies from the west

Extent and lineage

The Pratihara dynasty is said to have been founded by Harichandra in the 6^th century
Nagabhata I (730-756 CE) was the first important ruler. He defeated the advancing Arab armies at the Battle of Rajasthan (738 CE)
Vatsaraja (775-805 CE) sought to capture Kannauj, which brought them into conflict with the Palas and the Rashtrakutas. His attempts were unsuccessful
Nagabhata II (805-833 CE) rebuilt the great Shiva temple at Somnath which had been earlier destroyed by Junaid of Sind

Conflict with Arab invaders

The Rashtrakutas, Pratiharas and Palas were in continuous conflict for over two centuries. The focal point of the conflict was the Kannauj Triangle.

The Sind region had been captured by Muhammad bin Qasim in 710 CE
His successor and Governor of Sind, Junaid, led an invasion into western and northern India in 738 CE
Junaid was defeated by the Rashtrakutas at Navsari (Gujarat) and by the Pratihara king Nagabhata I at Avanti
Nagabhata pursued the Arab armies as far as the Indus river ensuring that the Arabs remained on the other side of the Indus
The Pratiharas acted as a buffer against Arab armies from the west for the next two centuries and are credited with checking Arab advances into India

THE KANNAUJ TRIANGLE

The Rashtrakutas, Palas and Pratiharas were locked in continuous conflict between the 8^th and 10^th centuries CE
This tripartite struggle was primarily over control of Kannauj and the fertile Gangetic plains around it
The earliest known reference to the struggle is from the late 8^th century: Dharmapala defeated the Pratihara king Indraraja and captured Kannauj, only to be defeated by the Pratihara Vatsaraja, who was himself defeated by the Rashtrakuta Dhruva. Dharmapala retrieved Kannauj from the Rashtrakutas, but Kannauj was once again conquered by the Pratihara Nagabhata
The area around Kannauj, called the Kannauj triangle kept changing hand throughout the tripartite struggle
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