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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|8th century Indian king}}<br />
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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Bhoja<br />
| reign = ? – 770<br />
| predecessor = [[Dunduka]]<br />
| succession = King of Kannauj<br />
| successor = [[Ayudha dynasty#Vajrayudha|Vajrayudha]]<br />
| father = [[Dunduka]]<br />
| mother = Padma<br />
| dynasty = [[Varman dynasty of Kannauj|Varman]]<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
}} <br />
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'''Bhoja''' was the [[Varman dynasty of Kannauj|King of Kannauj]] in the late 8th century CE.<br />
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His parents were [[Dunduka]] and Padma, Dunduka's queen.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U8GPENMw_psC&pg=PA211|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1964|isbn=978-81-208-0478-4|pages=211}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Mishra|first=Shyam Manohar|title=Yaśovarman of Kanauj: a study of political history, social, and cultural life of northern India during the reign of Yaśovarman|date=1977|publisher=Abhinav Publications|location=New Delhi|pages=120–121|language=en|oclc=5782454}}</ref> Dunduka made several futile attempts to kill Bhoja.<ref name=":1" /> Later, Bhoja killed Dunduka for the throne in his royal court.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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After killing his father, Bhoja ascended the throne with the favour and support of Dunduka's subjects and high officials.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Bhoja, like his father Dunduka and grandfather [[Āma]], became a ''parama'' [[Jainism|Jaina]]. He fought off an invasion by an invading [[Muslim]] army. He either retired as a king after a short rule, or his kingdom was annexed by the [[Ayudha dynasty|Ayudhas]], who established a new dynasty,<ref name="https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA246&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false">{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sailendra Nath |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=9788122411980 |pages=264–668 |edition=Paperback |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA246}}</ref> or he was deposed by the [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty|Pratiharas]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[Category:Kings of Kannauj]]<br />
[[Category:8th-century Indian monarchs]]<br />
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