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{{about|the Sanskrit royal title|other uses|Prithvi Vallabh (disambiguation)}}
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'''Prithvi-vallabha''' ([[IAST]]: {{IAST|''Pṛthvīvallabha''}}), or '''{{IAST|Vallabha-rāja}}''',{{sfn|Inden|2000|pp=214–15}} was a title adopted by several kings that ruled in present-day [[India]], including the [[Chalukyas of Vatapi]], the [[Rashtrakuta]]s and their successors.

== Chalukyas of Vatapi ==
All the sovereign rulers of the [[Chalukyas of Vatapi|Vatapi Chalukya]] dynasty bore the title ''Shri-prithvi-vallabha'', which means "the husband of the goddess of fortune and the Earth" (that is, [[Vishnu]]).{{sfn|Durga Prasad Dikshit|1980|p=34}} [[Mangalesha]] bore the exact title ''Prithvi-vallabha'', as attested by the [[Mahakuta group of temples|Mahakuta]] inscriptions.{{sfn|Durga Prasad Dikshit|1980|p=52}} The [[Manor, India|Manor]] inscription of the Chalukya governor [[Chalukyas of Navasarika#Jayashraya Mangalarasa|Jayashraya Mangalarasa]], dated to 7 April 691 (year 613 of the [[Shaka era]]), also mentions ''Prithvi-vallabha'' as one of his titles.{{sfn|Durga Prasad Dikshit|1980|p=309}} His son [[Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin]] also bore the title.{{sfn|Durga Prasad Dikshit|1980|p=166}}

== Rashtrakutas ==
Among the Rashtrakutas, the title was first adopted by [[Dantidurga]], an 8th-century ruler of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and the founder of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Prithvi means "the earth" and vallabha means either "head of household" or "lover", thus the title can be loosely translated as Lord of the Earth. Since Prithvi was also the name of an [[earth goddess]] controlled by [[Lord Vishnu]], the title went so far as to equate Dantidurga and his heirs with the [[Hindu]] god Vishnu. The title was abbreviated to ''vallabha'' and was written by Muslim observers as ''Balhara''.<ref name="JK_2000">''India, a History'' by [[John Keay]]. Published by Harper Perennial in 2000. Page 191.</ref>

== Later dynasties ==
The title was also adopted by the [[Chalukyas of Kalyani]], who succeeded the Rashtrakutas in Deccan.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Norman Yoffee |title=Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58WgTin1ORsC&pg=PA174 |year=2007 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-081652670-3 |page=174 }}</ref> The title was also used by [[Vakpati Munja|Munja]] alias Vakpati of [[Paramara dynasty]], which succeeded the Rashtrakutas in [[Malwa]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Yadava |first=Ganga Prasad |title=Dhanapāla and His Times: A Socio-cultural Study Based Upon His Works |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aY_I3zgxfpsC&pg=PA36 |publisher=Concept |year=1982 |page=36 }}</ref>

==References==
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=== Bibliography ===
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* {{cite book|last=Inden| first =Ronald B.|year= 2000| title = Imagining India| place = Bloomington| publisher =Indiana University Press}}
* {{cite book |author=Durga Prasad Dikshit |title=Political History of the Chālukyas of Badami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEB11tKmCgcC&pg=PA152 |year=1980 |publisher=Abhinav |oclc=8313041 }}
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