Rawal Bharttripatta II or Rawal Bhartribhatta II (Bhartṛipaṭṭa) was a ruler of the
Guhila dynasty in the Udaipur region of
Rajputana
Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day ...
in
India in the first half of the 10th century. He became the Rawal in 942/43 after his father Khuman III and was succeeded by his son
Allata in 951.
He is described as an ambitious ruler by R. Somani. He married Mahālakṣmī, a
Rashtrakuta
Rashtrakuta (IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their ...
princess to establish an alliance with the Rastrakutas and also strike a hostility with the
Gurjara-Pratihara who had been the allies of the Guhilots for centuries but were now in a state of decline. Another evidence of hostility with the Pratihara is the fact that Pratapgarh inscriptions of 999VS (942 CE) describe him as the
Maharajadhiraja and intentionally omitted the name of the Pratihara King
Mahendrapala.
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History of India
10th-century Indian monarchs