Avantivarman
Person
ID: 108819
Full name: Avantivarman
Gender: Male
First regnal year: 855 c.
Last regnal year: 883 c.
Name in local script: अवन्तिवर्मन्
More facts:
- Avantivarman is was a king in the line of Utpala, who overthrew the Karkotaka kings of Kashmir.
- He built a new capital called Avantipura, where he built temples to Vishnu and Shiva, as well as patronizing Buddhist monasteries.
- According to Kalhaṇa, Avantivarman’s reign was a period of relative prosperity and he supported several Sanskrit scholars and poets - Muktākaṇa, Śivasvāmin, Ratnākara, Ānandavardhana and Kallaṭa
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Children: Śaṅkaravarman
People this person was known to: Ānandavardhana, Kallaṭa, Ratnākara
Last update: 29.04.2021 - 13:33
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Knew: Kallaṭa, Ratnākara, Ānandavardhana
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Been to: Avantipura, Śrīnagara