Kakustha (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)

Kakustha
Gurjara-Pratihara king
Reign	Second half of the 8th century
Predecessor	Nagabhata I
Successor	Devaraja

Dynasty	Gurjara-Pratihara

Kakustha (8th century CE) was an Indian king from the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty.

According to the Gwalior prashasti inscription of Mihira Bhoja, Kakustha was the elder son of an unnamed brother of the dynasty's founder Nagabhata. Devaraja was the younger brother and successor of Kakustha. Nagabhata probably died around 760 CE, and the earliest known date of Devaraja's successor Vatsaraja is 783 CE. Thus, Kakustha and his successor Devaraja ruled between c. 760 CE and 780 CE.^[1]

The Gwalior inscription states that Kakustha added to the family's fame. It furtheer mentions that he was known as Kakkuka ("one who always laughs"), because he would say things "in an inverted manner".^[2]

Kakustha seems to have died childless, as he was succeeded by his younger brother Devaraja.^[1]

References

1 2 Baij Nath Puri 1957, p. 38.
↑ Vibhuti Bhushan Mishra 1966, p. 18.

Bibliography

Vibhuti Bhushan Mishra (1966). The Gurjara-Pratīhāras and Their Times. S. Chand. OCLC 3948567.
Baij Nath Puri (1957). The history of the Gurjara-Pratihāras. Munshiram Manoharlal. OCLC 2491084.

Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty

Nagabhata I (730–760)
Kakustha and Devaraja (760–780)
Vatsaraja (780–800)
Nagabhata II (800–833)
Ramabhadra (833–836)
Mihira Bhoja or Bhoja I (836–885)
Mahendrapala I (885–910)
Bhoja II (910–913)
Mahipala I (913–944)
Mahendrapala II (944–948)
Devapala (948–954)
Vinayakapala (954–955)
Mahipala II (955–956)
Vijayapala II (956–960)
Rajapala (960–1018)
Trilochanapala (1018–1027)
Yasahpala (1024–1036)

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