he was shaiva. the one of his grant, to a temple of śiva, has for its dútaka the illustrious kharagraha apparently the brother and successor of the king. he had made grants to sun temple and buddhist monks show that he tolerated and respected buddhism also. the writer of one of the grants is mentioned as the minister of peace and war chandrabhaṭṭi; the dútaka or causer of the gift in two of the buddhist grants is bhaṭṭa ádityayaśas apparently some military officer. the jain work "śatruñjaya máhátmya" mentions that its author was his preceptor. his equal treatment to all religions justifies his title "dharmaditya". the "śatruñjaya máhátmya", though exaggerated, mentions that he had expelled some buddhists from his kingdom sympathetic to his rival harsha. he is praised in accounts of hiuen tsang as a "monarch of great administrative ability and of rare kindness and compassion".