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	\| s1 = Somavamshi dynasty		\| s1 = Somavamshi dynasty
	\| image_map = {{South Asia in 600 CE\|center\|Location of the Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 600 CE.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Schwartzberg \|first1=Joseph E. \|title=A Historical atlas of South Asia \|date=1978 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|location=Chicago \|page=26,146\|isbn=0226742210 \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=063}}</ref>\|{{Annotation\|153\|~~126~~\|[[File:Long Fine Rectangle (plain).png\|53px]]}}}}		\| image_map = {{South Asia in 600 CE\|center\|Location of the Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 600 CE.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Schwartzberg \|first1=Joseph E. \|title=A Historical atlas of South Asia \|date=1978 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|location=Chicago \|page=26,146 \|isbn=0226742210 \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=063 \|archive-date=2024-01-12 \|access-date=2022-04-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112181611/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=063 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>\|{{Annotation\|153\|134\|[[File:Long Fine Rectangle (plain).png\|53px]]}}}}
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	The '''Panduvamshis''' ([[IAST]]: Pāṇḍuvaṁśī) or Pandavas (IAST: Pāṇḍava) were an Indian dynasty that ruled the historical [[Dakshina Kosala]] region in present-day [[Chhattisgarh]] state of India, during the 7th and the 8th centuries. They may have been related to the earlier [[Panduvamshis of Mekala]]: both dynasties claimed [[Lunar dynasty\|lunar lineage]] and descent from the legendary [[Pandavas]].		The '''Panduvamshis''' ([[IAST]]: Pāṇḍuvaṁśī) or Pandavas (IAST: Pāṇḍava) were an Indian dynasty that ruled the historical [[Dakshina Kosala]] region in present-day [[Chhattisgarh]] state of India, during the 7th and the 8th centuries. They may have been related to the earlier [[Panduvamshis of Mekala]]: both dynasties claimed [[Lunar dynasty\|lunar lineage]] and descent from the legendary [[Pandavas]].
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	; Identification of Suryavarman		; Identification of Suryavarman
	: According to the Sirpur [[Lakshmana]] temple inscription of the Panduvamshi king Shivagupta Balarjuna, his mother Vasata was the daughter of king Suryavarman. Mirashi identified Suryavarman with the Maukhari prince Suryavarman, who is mentioned in the 554 CE Haraha inscription issued during the reign of the [[Maukhari]] king [[Ishanavarman]]. Based on this identification, Mirashi dated the beginning of the Panduvamshi rule to the 6th century.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=141}}		: According to the Sirpur [[Lakshmana]] temple inscription of the Panduvamshi king Shivagupta Balarjuna, his mother Vasata was the daughter of king Suryavarman. Mirashi identified Suryavarman with the Maukhari prince Suryavarman, who is mentioned in the 554 CE Haraha inscription issued during the reign of the [[Maukhari]] king [[Ishanavarman]]. Based on this identification, Mirashi dated the beginning of the Panduvamshi rule to the 6th century.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=141}}
	: Shastri disagrees with this identification, pointing out that according to the Sirpur Lakshmana Temple inscription, Suryavarman was a king (''nṛpa'') born in the family of [[Varman dynasty\|Varman]]s, who were considered great for being the overlords of [[Magadha]].{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=144}} However, there is no evidence that the [[Maukhari dynasty\|Maukhari]] prince Suryavarman ever became a king: his Haraha inscription does not describe him as a crown prince, and the dynasty's records and other literary sources do not mention him in the genealogy of the Maukhari kings. Moreover, Ishanavarman's family mainly ruled parts of the present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He did not rule the Magadha region, although he may have passed through Magadha to fight battles in the [[Gauḍa (region)\|Gauda]] and [[Odisha]] regions, as claimed in his inscriptions. A feudatory Maukhari family is known to have ruled a small principality in the present-day [[Gaya district]] of the historical Magadha region, but it was distinct from Ishanavarman's family.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=145}} Lastly, although the names of the Maukhari kings ended in "-varman", the family itself was not known by that suffix. Shastri argues that if Suryavarman actually belonged to the Maukhari dynasty, the author of the inscription would not have failed to glorify his patron by explicitly mentioning Vasata's Maukhari lineage.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=146}}		: Shastri disagrees with this identification, pointing out that according to the Sirpur Lakshmana Temple inscription, Suryavarman was a king (''nṛpa'') born in the family of [[Varman dynasty\|Varman]]s, who were considered great for being the overlords of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)\|Magadha]].{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=144}} However, there is no evidence that the [[Maukhari dynasty\|Maukhari]] prince Suryavarman ever became a king: his Haraha inscription does not describe him as a crown prince, and the dynasty's records and other literary sources do not mention him in the genealogy of the Maukhari kings. Moreover, Ishanavarman's family mainly ruled parts of the present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He did not rule the Magadha region, although he may have passed through Magadha to fight battles in the [[Gauḍa (region)\|Gauda]] and [[Odisha]] regions, as claimed in his inscriptions. A feudatory Maukhari family is known to have ruled a small principality in the present-day [[Gaya district]] of the historical Magadha region, but it was distinct from Ishanavarman's family.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=145}} Lastly, although the names of the Maukhari kings ended in "-varman", the family itself was not known by that suffix. Shastri argues that if Suryavarman actually belonged to the Maukhari dynasty, the author of the inscription would not have failed to glorify his patron by explicitly mentioning Vasata's Maukhari lineage.{{sfn\|A. M. Shastri I\|1995\|p=146}}

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