Yashjodaran

Victory Column of Yashodarman in Mandsaur's Treaty Inscriptions about the triumph of Yeshodharmaan

Yashodhaman was the Maharaja of Malwa in the early period of 6th century. In the second phase of the 6th century AD, Yashodharman came forward as the local ruler of Malwa province and covered all northern India. His rise was as fast as the meteorite, and with no more clear effect like that, it disappeared from history. introduction

Nothing is known about the origins and early history of Yashodharan. In one of his records, it has been called the Aulikar dynasty. People of this lineage were ruling Malva in the form of a feudal kingdom of the Gupta empire in the middle of the fifth century. But after that there is no information about this lineage for almost hundred years. The power of the occult was weakened. The political condition of Malwa was unstable due to the invasions of the Wakatas and the Hunas. In this way it was easy to increase the effectiveness of ambitious and qualified persons like Yashodharman.

Our knowledge about the Yashodharman is confined to his two records from Mandsaur. In one record it has been said that his dominance spread from Lohitya (Brahmaputra) to Mahendra Mountains (Ganjam district) and from Himalayas to the Western Sea. This description is of the traditional Digvijay. These testimonials must be part of exaggerated but this type of claim can not be utterly baseless. It has also been said in the records that their right was also on those states which were not in the possession of secret kings and hunts too. In the possession of its governor, Abhidt, there was a state between Vindhya and Pariyatra which spread to the Arabian Sea. There is no mention of which of these dynasties he defeated in relation to the victory of this elite empire. Among the enemies defeated by him in the records, only Mihirikul has been given the name.

Gupta Naresh Baladitya also defeated Mihirikul. It is difficult to keep the works of Yashodharman in chronological order with this incident. The victory of Yashodharman and Baladeeth is the only event, or Yashodharan defeated Mihirikul in the form of Baladitya's feud, later establishing his independent power, or Mihirakul defeated at two places - in the west by Yashodarman and in the east Baladitya or It is not possible to define any one of the possibilities, before it was defeated in the hands of Yashodhman and then Baladitya. According to Yuvwan Chavad, even after defeating in Baladitya's hands, Mihirkul refused to bow down and set up his authority in Kashmir. If it shows the similarity of Mihirikul's description in the Modasa record, then it can be said that the second defeat of Mahikul was done by the successors of Yashodharman. The defeat of powerful hunts and secrets was the major achievements of Yashodharman. His elevation period was after 528 AD. But his victory could not be permanent. In 543 AD, we did not have any effect in the power of Yashodhaman. Nevertheless, he had this significance that he excited the other feudalists from his example, whose secret power and separatist conflicts resulted in the dissolving of the Gupta Empire.

The second name of Yashodharman was Vishnuvardhan. He had assumed the title of Rajdhiraj Parmeshwar and Samrajot. He was a devotee of Shiva. There are many to his good governance and his virtues in the records. It has been compared to Manu, Bharat, Alkark and Mandhata. That he had got special pride in his own time.

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