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'''Ranahastin''' or '''Ratnahastin''' (''also transliterated as Ratnabastin and Rahnahastin'') (Sanskrit: '''रत्नहस्तिन्''' and '''रणहस्तिन्''') was one of the titles of [[Pratihara]] emperor [[Vatsaraja]] along with [[Maharajadhiraja]], and [[Parmeshwara]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hooja|first1=Rima|title=A History of Rajasthan|publisher=Rupa & Company|year=2006|isbn=8129108909|location=Rajasthan|pages=277}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Institute|first=Ganganatha Jha Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrotAQAAIAAJ&q=Rana+Hastin|title=The Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Research Institute|date=1970|publisher=Honorary Secretary, Ganganatha Jha Research Institute.|language=en}}</ref><br />
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According to The Gwalior Prashasti Inscription of his descendant [[Mihira Bhoja]], the title Ranahastin is found on several coins of Vatsaraja after he conquered [[Kanauj]] from Bhandi Clan Bhandi was also the clan of the maternal family of King [[Harsha Vardhana]] of Kanauj and Vatsaraja reduced Indrayudha of Kanauj to the status of feudatory after his conquest of Kanuaj and beginning of [[Tripartite struggle]].{{fact|date=May 2022}}<br />
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The coins bearing the titles were found in several parts of the [[Kannauj]] Gangetic valley, [[Gurjaradesa|Gurjaratra]] and the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Dasharatha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1dXAAAAMAAJ&q=Ranahastin|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages: From the earliest times to 1316 A.D|date=1966|publisher=Rajasthan State Archives|language=en}}</ref> According to [[Alexander Cunningham]] the coin discovered in [[Gurjaradesa|Gurjaratra]] weighs around 6.5 grains. The obverse of the coin has a Royal elephant facing right with its trunk hanging down, with legend ''Sri Rana Hasti'' arranged in two lines, it's also interesting to note that ''Rana Hasti'' also means elephant king.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1NmAAAAMAAJ&q=Cunningham|title=Numismatic Digest|date=2003|edition= Volumes 25-26|location= The University of Michigan|publisher=Numismatic Society of Bombay.|language=en}}</ref><br />
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It is speculated that, title may have been used by several kings and chiefs.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Rajasthan |first1=Rima |last1=Hooja |publisher=Rupa & Company |year=2006 |location=Rajasthan |pages=275|isbn=8129108909}}</ref> The title is known to have been used by unknown 10-11th century ruler of the [[Chaulukya dynasty|Solanki Rajputs]] feudatory in Gujarat or Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Damma - Rana Hastin, Chalukya dynasty|url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces198332.html|access-date=2021-06-03|website=en.numista.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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