The Pratiharas Pratiharas are also called Gurjara-Pratiharas . They r uled Kanauj for a long time (almost a century). They ruled over central and eastern parts of Rajasthan . They Clashed with Rashtrakutas over Malwa and Gujarat and later over Kannauj . Nagabhata-I , the first Pratihara king offered resistant to the Arab rulers of Sindh who tried to encroach over Rajasthan, Gujarat, the Punjab etc. The Pratihara's effort of gaining upper Ganga valley and Malwa were defeated by the Rashtrakuta rulers - Dhruva and Gopala III . Bhoja or Mihir Bhoja was the real and the greatest ruler of the Pratihara dynasty. He took the title of 'Adivaraha' as he was the devotee of lord Vishnu. Bhoja recovered Kannauj in 836 AD and made it the capital . His ambition to expand to the east was failed by Pala ruler Devapala . But after Devapala's death, Bhoja succeeded in extending his rule to the eastern parts of India. Bhoja died in 885 AD. He was succeeded by h...
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