Bhaskaradeva
{{Short description|11th-century King of Nepal}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bhaskaradeva
| title =
| image =
| succession = King of Nepal
| reign = 1039–1047
| predecessor = Lakshmikamadeva
| regent = Jayadeva (1039–1044)
| reg-type = Co-ruler
| successor = Baladeva
| full name =
| father =
| religion = Hinduism
| dynasty = Thakuri
}}
Bhaskaradeva ({{Langx|ne|भास्करदेव}}) was a Thakuri king of Nepal who reigned from {{Circa|1039–1047}}.{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=121–128}}{{Sfn|Petech|1984|p=40–43}}
Ancestry
The ancestry of Bhaskaradeva is still a topic of debate among scholars. The older chronicles such as the Gopal Raj Vamshavali do not note a change of dynasty from Lakshmikamadeva to Bhaskaradeva. However, a less popular opinion such as of Sylvain Lévi and Daniel Wright implies a change of dynasty,{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=122}}{{Sfn|Petech|1984|p=40}} and further adds that Bhaskaradeva had dethroned either Lakshmikamadeva or Jayadeva and became the king.{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=124}} They suggest that Bhaskaradeva was a Thakuri from Nuwakot, and belonged to the same dynasty as Amshuverma.{{Sfn|Regmi|1971|p=205}} Modern authors such as D.R. Regmi, and Luciano Petech are strongly critical of the latter argument.{{Sfn|Petech|1984|p=41}}{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=124}}
Reign
Bhaskaradeva had a joint rule with Jayadeva from {{Circa|1039–1044}}, and after then he was the sole ruler of Nepal. Even though Jayadeva is generally considered a co-ruler with Bhaskaradeva, the former's status was inferior, i.e. a junior king, during the reign of Bhaskaradeva, and even Lakshmikamadeva.{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=126–127}} Bhaskaradeva was succeeded by Baladeva in {{Circa|1047}}.{{Sfn|Petech|1984|p=43}}{{Sfn|Regmi|1965|p=136}}
References
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Petech |first=Luciano |url=https://ia902904.us.archive.org/29/items/mediaevalhistoryofnepallucianopetech_643_f/Mediaeval%20History%20of%20Nepal%20%20Luciano%20Petech.pdf |title=Medieval History of Nepal |publisher=Fondata Da Giuseppe Tucci |year=1984 |edition=2nd |location=Italy |pages=}}
- {{Cite book |last=Regmi |first=D.R. |url={{Google books|iiQLAQAAIAAJ|plainurl=yes}} |title=Medieval Nepal |publisher=Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay |year=1965 |location=Lucknow}}
- {{Cite book |last=Shaha |first=Rishikesh |url=https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/kailash/pdf/kailash_15_0102_02.pdf |title=Ancient and Medieval Nepal |publisher=University of Cambridge |year=1990 |location=Kathmandu, Nepal |pages= |language=English}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Regmi |first=Mahesh C. |year=1971 |title=Regmi Research Series |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/regmi/pdf/Regmi_03.pdf |journal=German Oriental Society |volume=3 |page= |pages=}}
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{{Succession box
| title = King of Nepal
| years = 1039–1047
| before = Lakshmikamadeva
| after = Baladeva
| with = Jayadeva (1039–1044)
}}
{{s-end}}{{Thakuri kings of Nepal}}
Category:11th-century Nepalese people