Not to be confused with Pravarasena II of the main Vakataka branch.
Vakataka dynasty c. 250 - 510 CE
Vindhyashakti
c. 250 - 275
Pravarasena I
c. 275 - 335
Nandivardhana-Pravarapura Branch
Rudrasena I
c. 335 - 360
Prithivishena I
c. 360 - 385
Rudrasena II
c. 385 - 390
Prabhavatigupta (regent)
c. 390 - 410
Damodarasena
c. 410 - 420
Pravarasena II
c. 420 - 455
Narendrasena
c. 455 - 480
Prithivishena II
c. 480 - 500
Vatsagulma Branch
Sarvasena I
c. 325 - 355
Vindhyasena (Vindhyashakti II)
c. 355 - 400
Pravarasena II
c. 400 - 415
Sarvasena II
c. 415 - 455
Devasena
c. 455 - 480
Harishena
c. 480 - 510
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Pravarasena II (r. c. 400 – 415 CE[1]) was a ruler of the Vatsagulma branch of the Vakataka dynasty. He was the son and successor of Vindhyasena.
Pravarasena II seems to have had a relatively short and uneventful reign. He probably died early, as he was succeeded by a son who was only eight years old.[2] For a long time the name of this young successor was unknown, as his name was not present in the preserved portion of the Ajanta inscription which provided the genealogy of the Vakataka dynasty. However, it is now known that Pravarasena II's son and successor was Sarvasena II.[3]
Unlike his illustrious ancestors who used the title Dharma-Maharaja, Pravarasena II simply used the title Maharaja, a practice continued by Sarvasena II. This fact, combined with the total absence of inscriptions from the reigns of either Pravarasena II or his son, leads Hans Bakker to believe that the Vatsagulma branch of the Vakataka dynasty was subordinate to the Nandivardhana-Pravarapura branch during the first half of the fifth century.[4]
^A.S. Altekar (2007). Majumdar, R.C.; Altekar, A.S. (eds.). The Vakataka-Gupta Age. Motilal Banarsi Dass. p. 111. ISBN 9788120800434.
^D.C. Sircar (1997). Majumdar, R.C. (ed.). The Classical Age (Fifth ed.). Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 186.
^Shastri, Ajay Mitra (1997). Vakatakas: Sources and History. Aryan Books International. p. 229. ISBN 9788173051234.
^Bakker, Hans (1997). The Vakatakas: An Essay in Hindu Iconology. Groningen: Egbert Forsten. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9069801000.
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