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| title = '''Mahārāja'''<br />
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| reign = c. 400 - 415 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Vindhyasena]]<br />
| successor = [[Sarvasena II]]<br />
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| house = [[Vakataka]]<br />
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'''Pravarasena II''' ({{reign|{{circa|400}}|415 CE}}<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=111}}</ref>) was a ruler of the Vatsagulma branch of the [[Vakataka dynasty]]. He was the son and successor of [[Vindhyasena]].<br />
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Pravarasena II seems to have had a relatively short and uneventful reign. He probably died early, as he was succeeded by a son who was only eight years old.<ref>{{cite book |author1=D.C. Sircar |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |title=The Classical Age |date=1997 |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |page=186 |edition=Fifth}}</ref> For a long time the name of this young successor was unknown, as his name was not present in the preserved portion of the [[Ajanta Caves|Ajanta]] inscription which provided the genealogy of the Vakataka dynasty. However, it is now known that Pravarasena II's son and successor was [[Sarvasena II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=Ajay Mitra |title=Vakatakas: Sources and History |date=1997 |publisher=Aryan Books International |isbn=9788173051234 |page=229}}</ref><br />
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Unlike his illustrious ancestors who used the title ''Dharma-Maharaja'', Pravarasena II simply used the title ''Maharaja'', a practice continued by Sarvasena II. This fact, combined with the total absence of inscriptions from the reigns of either Pravarasena II or his son, leads [[Hans Bakker]] to believe that the Vatsagulma branch of the Vakataka dynasty was subordinate to the Nandivardhana-Pravarapura branch during the first half of the fifth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bakker |first1=Hans |title=The Vakatakas: An Essay in Hindu Iconology |date=1997 |publisher=Egbert Forsten |location=Groningen |isbn=9069801000 |pages=33-34}}</ref><br />
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