Lakshmadeva (
IAST
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that emerged during ...
: Lakṣma-deva) was a member of the
Paramara dynasty of
Malwa region in central India. According to one theory, he ascended the Paramara throne after his father
Udayaditya, and reigned during the 1080s CE. According to another theory, Lakshmadeva never became the king and Udayaditya was succeeded by Lakshmadeva's brother
Naravarman.
Political status
A 1104-1105 CE stone inscription, now kept at the
Nagpur Museum, records several military achievements of Lakshmadeva. According to one theory, these achievements happened during the reign of Udayaditya, and Lakshamdeva never ascended the throne. His name is missing from the list of Paramara kings mentioned in
Jayavarman II's 1274 CE Mandhata copper-plate inscription, which lists Naravarman as Udayaditya's successor. The
Dewas grant inscription also suggests that Naravarman succeeded Udayaditya.
Military conquests
The 1104-1105 CE Nagpur ''
prashasti'' inscription credits Lakshmadeva with the following military achievements in the four directions:
* East: threatening the land of
Gauda, defeating the armies of
Anga and
Kalinga, and occupying the city of
Tripuri
* South: subjugating the
Cholas
The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE d ...
, invading the
Pandya country, and invading
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
* West: attacking the Timingalas and other tribes of the
Mainaka mountain
* North: vanquishing the
Turushkas and the
Kiras
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