BHARATVARSH

FICTIONAL OR REAL ?

He also had these following titles Amoghavarsha, Sri-Vallabh, Parama-Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara

Vakpati Munj ruled the Malwa region and achieved some early successes against the Western Chalukya king Tailap II but was ultimately defeated and killed by Tailap II some time between 994 CE and 998 CE.

So the character of Prithvi Vallabh is real and so is the character of Tailap raj but the character of Mrinal might not be real because according to the text Rajavallabha's Bhojacharitra, Vakpati Munja only had one wife named Kusumavati.

Vakpati Munj's successor was his brother Sindhuraj who is also shown in the story of Prithvi Vallabh.

3) RAJA BHOJ :

Just like Vikramaditya there are many fables centered around Raja Bhoj, where he is shown as the great scholar king.

Singhasan battisi is the most notable one where Raja Bhoj has to do a series of quests to prove himself worthy of sitting on the throne that once belonged to the great Vikramaditya. (Greatest collab of history, if you ask me)

Because of such fables it is often believed that Raja Bhoj was not real when in fact he was.

Raja Bhoj belonged to the same Parmar Dynasty to which Vakpati Munj belonged. He was son of Sindhuraj, making him the nephew of Vakpati Munj, who was also his mentor.

Bhoj raj is best known as a patron of arts, literature, and sciences just like his uncle Vakpati Munj.

The establishment of the Bhoj shala a centre for Sanskrit studies, is attributed to him. He was a polymath and several books covering a wide range of topics are attributed to him.

He is also said to have constructed a large number of Shiv temples, although Bhojeshwar temple in Bhojpur (a city founded by him) is the only surviving temple that can be ascribed to him with certainty.

FUN FACT - According to Bhoja-Prabandha, early in his life, Raja Bhoj suffered from intense headaches.

Two Brahmin surgeons from Ujjain made him unconscious using an anaesthetic powder (moha-churna) opened his cranial removed a tumor, and then made him regain his consciousness by administering another powder called sanjivani.

So Raja Bhoj was the first person in history to undergo open-brain surgery.

4) KRISHNADEVA RAYA :

The famous king from the tales of Tenali Rama, it is often speculated whether they both were real or not.

Let me tell you they both were.

There were four dynasties that ruled over the prosperous Kingdom/Empire of Vijaynagar. These were - Sangama Dynasty, Saluva Dynasty, Tuluva Dynasty and Aravidu Dynasty.

Krishnadeva raya was the thrid ruler of Tuluva Dynasty, who reigned from 1509-1529.

He is considered the greatest ruler Vijaynagar, and after the decline of Delhi Sultanate he possessed the largest empire in India.

Tenali Ramakrishna the Indian poet, scholar, thinker and a special advisor in the court of Krishnadevaraya, as shown in the stories was also real.

Ramakrishna was a telgu poet who came from the village of Tenali located in Andhrapradesh. He was one of the Asht-diggaj in the court of Krishnadeva raya.

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FUN FACT - VIKRAMADITYA, VAKPATI MUNJ, RAJA BHOJ WERE AMONG THE 4 LEARNED KINGS OF INDIA, THE FOURTH ONE BEING SHAILAVAHAN, WHO IS ALSO CONSIDERED FICTIONAL BUT MIGHT BE REAL.

Hope you learned something new.