What is Nagabhata I?
{{more sources|date=January 2025}} '''Nagabhata I''' (730-760 CE) was a king of pratihara dynasty in gurjaradesa. He founded the Gurjara [[ Pratihara|Pratihara dynasty]]. He ruled the [[Avanti]] (or Malava) region in present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Nagabhata was famously known for defeating the Arab army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wink|first=André|title=Al-Hind : the making of the Indo-Islamic world|year=2002|publisher=Brill|location=Boston, MA|isbn=978-0-391-04173-8|edition=[3rd ed.].}}</ref> But was defeated by the [[Rashtrakuta Empire|Rashtrakuta]] king [[Dantidurga]]. == Early life == Nagabhata has been named as the founder of the powerful Pratihara dynasty in the Gwalior inscription. This inscription dates to the time of his descendant [[Mihira Bhoja]]. Nagabhata is said to have come to throne around 730 CE.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} == Military career == According to the Gwalior inscription of his descendant Mihira Bhoja, Nagabhata fought against a [[Mlechchha dynasty|Mlechchha]] invasion. These mlechchhas are identified to be Arab Muslim invaders. The invasion was led by officers of Junaid. Junaid was a general and governor of Sindh under the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliph]] [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]]. According to some source Nagabhata succeeded in defeating the Arab army.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} == Rashtrakuta invasion == Nagabhata I appears to have been defeated by the Rashtrakuta ruler Dantidurga. According to the Rashtrakuta records, the ruler of Malava was among the kings defeated by Dantidurga.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:730s births]] [[Category:760s deaths]]