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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Prithvivarman<br />
| title = Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara<br />
| succession = King of [[Jejakabhukti]]<br />
| reign = c. 1120–1128 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Jayavarman (Chandela dynasty)|Jayavarman]]<br />
| successor = [[Madanavarman]]<br />
| father = [[Kirttivarman (Chandela dynasty)|Kirttivarman]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Chandela]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Prithvi-Varman ''' ([[IAST]]: Pṛthvīvarman; reigned c. 1120–1128 CE) was a king of the [[Chandela]] dynasty of India. He succeeded his nephew [[Jayavarman (Chandela dynasty)|Jayavarman]] as the ruler of the Jejakabhukti region ([[Bundelkhand]] in present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]).<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Prithvivarman and his elder brother [[Sallakshanavarman]] were sons of the Chandela ruler [[Kirttivarman (Chandela dynasty)|Kirttivarman]] from the same mother, as stated in the Mau inscription.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=126}} After Kirttivarman's death, Sallakshana and his son [[Jayavarman (Chandela dynasty)|Jayavarman]] ruled the Chandela king. After Jayavarman abdicate the throne and retired, Prithvivarman became the new king.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|pp=110-111}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Like his predecessors, Prithvivarman issued copper coins featuring the deity [[Hanuman]].{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=xxii}} He is also known from the four later Chandela inscriptions:{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=127}}<br />
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* Augasi copper-plate inscription of Madanavarman<br />
* [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] inscription of Madanavarman<br />
* [[Ajaygarh]] inscription of Kalyanadevi (the wife of Viravarman)<br />
* Ajaygarh inscription of Ganapati<br />
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These inscriptions do not mention any glorious achievements of Prithvivarman. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was a weak ruler; it is possible that he did not adopt an aggressive expansionist policy.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=111}} The Mau inscription states that he handled the hereditary administration well. It also contains a conventional eulogy, describing him as someone who practiced the conduct of the "Golden age" by hating the ill-behaved persons, delighting those worthy, taking lawful wealth and spending it according to the sacred texts, and protecting all beings.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=127}}<br />
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According to the Mau inscription, Prithvivarman appointed Gadadhara as his chief minister. Gadadhara had served as a ''pratihara'' ([[chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]]) to the previous king Jayavarman, and his father Ananta had served as a chief minister to the Chandela kings before Prithvivarman. An Ajaygarh inscription mentions Gokula of Gauda family as another hereditary minister of Prithvivarman.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=128}}<br />
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Prithvivarman is given the usual royal titles ''Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara'' in the Augasi inscription.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=128}} The Ajaygarh inscription of Kalyanadevi compares him to the legendary king [[Prithu]].{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=127}} He was succeeded by his son [[Madanavarman]].{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=112}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2Et2zZGJPUC&pg=PA61 |title=The Coinage of Northern India |author=P. C. Roy |publisher=Abhinav |year=1980 |isbn=9788170171225 }}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9j9ZJGJOV0C&pg=PA125 |title=The Candellas of Jejākabhukti |author=R. K. Dikshit |publisher=Abhinav |year=1976 |isbn=9788170170464 }}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irHN2UA_Z7gC&pg=PA109 |title=The Early Rulers of Khajurāho |author=Sisirkumar Mitra |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1977 |isbn=9788120819979 }}<br />
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