Chitra Katha

Nagabhata IShield Against the Arabs

Around 738 CE the founder of the Pratihara line crushed the Arab armies pressing east from Sindh; the Gwalior inscription of his descendant Mihira Bhoja says he destroyed the forces of the mlechchha king.

Reigned c. 730–760 CE

The full life

1First king of the imperial Pratihara line in the Gwalior prashasti.Nagabhata I

2Al-Baladhuri records the Arab raids on Ujjain and Bharuch in his time.Nagabhata I · The Arab army

3The Navsari plates of 739 record the Chalukya victory over the same Arab army in Lata.The Chalukyas of Lata

4Succeeded by his nephews Kakustha and Devaraja, then Vatsaraja.Nagabhata I · Kakustha and Devaraja

5Rose to power in the years after the Arab conquest of Sindh in 712.Nagabhata I · The people

6The Hansot plates of 756 name an overlord Nagavaloka, usually identified with him.Nagabhata I

Sources for these facts

Gwalior prashasti of Mihira Bhoja (Epigraphia Indica XVIII)
Al-Baladhuri, Futuh al-Buldan
Navsari copper plates of Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin (739 CE)
Sanjan copper plates of Amoghavarsha I

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