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Pravarasena". She was still alive four years later, when Pravarasena II made a grant for the spiritual welfare of both himself and his mother in this life and the next. In the Patna Museum Plate, all religious merit from Pravarasena's donation is said to accrue to the Queen Mother.
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around 410. It is possible that for a time, Prabhavatigupta acted as regent on his behalf as well. During
Prabhavatigupta's time in power, Gupta influence over the Vakatakas reached its peak. Prabhavatigupta's inscriptions provide her own Gupta genealogy and emphasize her own natal connections. Her
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Divakarasena". It seems that
Prabhavatigupta retained control of the Vakataka government even after Crown Prince Divakarasena reached his sixteenth year and was no longer a minor, as there is no evidence that Divakarasena ever ascended his paternal throne as
557:. Rudrasena had a short reign of only about five years before he died. Prabhavatigupta had three sons with Rudrasena - Divakarasena, Damodarasena, and Pravarasena – but none of them were adults at the time of their father's untimely death.
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or Crown Prince of the
Vakataka kingdom. Since he was still a child, Prabhavatigupta assumed the reigns of government and ruled in his name. We know that Prabhavatigupta ruled for at least 13 years as a regent because her
583:. Prabhavatigupta's continued political dominance may be either due to some special circumstances which prevented Divakarasena from ruling in his own name, or simply due to Prabhavatigupta's own love of power.
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Prabhavatigupta remained active in public life for a few decades after the end of her regency. We find her making a grant in the 19th year of the reign of her son
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Prabhavatigupta seems to have concerned herself deeply with religious matters. She is described as a devotee of
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