page_title: Bhaskaravarman
hierarchical_section_title: Bhaskaravarman
caption_attribution_description: English: The Kamarupa kingdom of Bhaskar Varman (600–650 CE) based on The map is created with QGIS, using Natural Earth data. The map of Kamarupa is geo-referenced from the map created in Acharya, N N (1968) and published in the PhD thesis of Dutta (2008), page 282 (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68309/16/16_maps.pdf).
context_page_description: Bhaskaravarman, the last of the Varman dynasty, was perhaps the most illustrious of the kings of the medieval Kamarupa. After being captured by the Gauda king during the reign of his father, he was able to re-establish the rule of the Varman's. He made political alliances with Harshavardhana of Thaneswar, against the alliance of the Gauda and East Malwa. He was visited by Xuanzang and Li Yi-piao, the envoy of the Tang dynasty who have left accounts of the king and the kingdom.
  Bhaskaravarman came to power after his brother Supratisthitavarman had died. He was the first Kamarupa king to claim descent from the mythical Narakasura, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta. After his death Salasthambha, who established the Mlechchha dynasty, acquired power in Kamarupa Kingdom.
  He issued the Dubi and Nidhanpur copper plate grants, re-issued after his ancestor Bhutivarman, and a clay seal found in Nalanda.
context_section_description: Bhaskaravarman (bʱaːskərə'vərmən) (600–650), the last of the Varman dynasty, was perhaps the most illustrious of the kings of the medieval Kamarupa.  After being captured by the Gauda king during the reign of his father, he was able to re-establish the rule of the Varman's. He made political alliances with Harshavardhana of Thaneswar, against the alliance of the Gauda and East Malwa.  He was visited by Xuanzang and Li Yi-piao, the envoy of the Tang dynasty who have left accounts of the king and the kingdom.
  Bhaskaravarman came to power after his brother Supratisthitavarman had died. He was the first Kamarupa king to claim descent from the mythical Narakasura, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta.  After his death Salasthambha, who established the Mlechchha dynasty, acquired power in Kamarupa Kingdom.
  He issued the Dubi and Nidhanpur copper plate grants, re-issued after his ancestor Bhutivarman, and a clay seal found in Nalanda.
caption: The Kamarupa kingdom of Bhaskaravarman
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