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| title = '''Mahārāja'''<br />
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| succession = <br />
| reign = c. 410 - 420 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Prabhavatigupta]] (regent for Divakarasena)<br />
| successor = [[Pravarasena II]]<br />
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| issue = <br />
| house = [[Vakataka dynasty]]<br />
| father = [[Rudrasena II]]<br />
| mother = Prabhavatigupta<br />
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'''Damodarasena''' ({{reign|{{circa|410}}|420 CE}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=Ajay Mitra |title=Vakatakas: Sources and History |date=1997 |publisher=Aryan Books International |isbn=9788173051234 |page=212}}</ref>) was a ruler of the Nandivardhana-Pravarapura branch of the [[Vakataka dynasty]]. He was the son of [[Rudrasena II]] and [[Prabhavatigupta]], the daughter of the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] emperor [[Chandragupta II]]. His father's early death led to Prabhavatigupta ruling as regent for an extended period of time as their sons Divakarasena, Damodarasena, and Pravarasena were all minors. Divakarasena, the Crown Prince, died before ascending the throne and so it was Damodarasena and his brother, [[Pravarasena II]], who became Vakataka kings instead.<ref name="singh">{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Upinder|authorlink1=Upinder Singh|title=A history of ancient and early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century|date=2009|publisher=Pearson Longman|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-317-1677-9|pages=482–484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> It is possible that Prabhavatigupta continued to act as regent during part of Damodarasena's reign.<ref>Shastri (1997), p. 183</ref><br />
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In the past, the status of Damodarasena as a Vakataka ruler was subject to controversy. Some noted historians in the middle of the 20th century, including [[Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi|V.V. Mirashi]] and [[Anant Sadashiv Altekar|A.S. Altekar]], thought that Damodarasena and Pravarasena II were actually the same person, with "Pravarasena" simply being a coronation name that Damodarasena assumed after ascending to the throne.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mirashi |first1=V.V. |title=The Inscriptions of the Vakatakas |date=1963 |publisher=Government Epigraphist for India |page=35 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.107898/page/35/mode/1up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=A.S. Altekar |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |editor2-last=Altekar |editor2-first=A.S. |title=The Vakataka-Gupta Age |date=2007 |publisher=Motilal Banarsi Dass |isbn=9788120800434 |page=104}}</ref> However, the seal inscription of the Miregaon plates, discovered in 1982, describes Prabhavatigupta as the "mother of two kings" (i.e. Damodarasena and Pravarasena II) and finally establishes that the two persons were indeed distinct.<ref>Shastri (1997), pp. 92, 183</ref><br />
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