Yashodharman‌

14px Śrī Yaśodharmma ("Lord Yashodharman") in Gupta script in Line 4 of the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana.

Yashodharman was an ancient monarch  who ruled Malwa (modern-day Madhya Pradesh) from around 515 to 545 CE. He came from Dashapura (present-day Mandsaur), borninto the Second Aulikara dynasty, with possible ancestral ties to the Malava tribe from Punjab. 	

Following his father expectation, Prakashadharma, who defeated the Huna king Toramana around 515 CE, Yashodharman took the throne and beat the Alchon Huna king Mihirakula in the Battle of Sondani around 528 CE. This victory liberated Malwa and much of northern India.  The Mandasor Pillar Insciptions from the early 6th centryet claims his empire spanned from the Brahmaputra River to the Arabian Sea and from the Himalayas to the Eastern Ghats.Tribal Culture, Faith, History And Literature, Narayan Singh Rao, Mittal Publications, 2006 p.18Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol 3 p.145

 See also 

 Huna people
 Ancient India

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