Bhoja II (ruled 1175–1212 CE) was a ruler in medieval
India
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, the last of the
Shilahara dynasty of
Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'.
Kolhapur is ...
in
Maharashtra. He suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of
Singhana, king of the
Yadava Dynasty
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, in 1212 CE at Umalvad. He fled and his kingdom was annexed.
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Reign
He appears to have assumed the imperial titles from the beginning of his rule and was determined to retain the imperial glory won by his father.Lakshmi
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, Bhoja II was worshipped by kings: he was a Vikram of the Kaliyuga
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Eclipse
There remains no trace of the family after Bhoja II. In 1213-14 CE the Devgiri-Yadava king Singhana II was in possession of the country round Mirijaya (Miraj), as is proved by his Khedrapur inscription which records his grant of the village of Kudaladamavada, the modern Kurundavad, in Mirinji country. As inscriptions of Singhana II are found at Kolhapur itself shortly after that date it would seem that Bhoja II was the last of his family, overthrown and dispossessed by Singhana II in or soon after 1209-10 CE, the commencement of Singhana's reign. One of Singhana's inscriptions speaks of him as having been "a very Garuda in putting to flight the serpent which was the mighty king Bhoja, whose habitation was Panhala (''Pannala-nilara-prabala-Bhojabhnpala-vyala-vidravana-Vihatngaraja)''.Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'.
Kolhapur is ...
at Miraj while two earlier inscriptions of the kings Mahadeva and Narayana, dated Saka 1162 and 1172 respectively, refer to the temple of Maha Lakshmi at Kolhapur and the district (Desa or Visaya) of the same name.
See also
* Shilahara
References
Further reading
* Bhandarkar R. G. (1957): Early History of Deccan, Sushil Gupta (I) Pvt Ltd, Calcutta.
* Fleet, J. F. (1896): "The Dynasties of the Kanarese District of The Bombay Presidency", written for ''The Bombay Gazetteer''.
* Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (2002): Itihaas : Prachin Kal, Khand -1 (Marathi)
* Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1960): Kolhapur District Gazetteer
* Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1964): Kolaba District Gazetteer
* Department of Gazetteer, Govt of Maharashtra (1982): Thane District Gazetteer
* A. S. Altekar (1936): The Silaharas of Western India.
External links
Silver Coin of Shilaharas of Southern Maharashtra (Coinex 2006 - Souvenir)
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Shilahara dynasty
1212 deaths
12th-century Indian monarchs
13th-century Indian monarchs