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Vatsaraja
Vatsaraja was a king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty in the late 8th century who made it a major power in northern India. He defeated the Pala king Dharmapala in the Ganges valley but was then beaten by the Rashtrakuta king Dhruva, in the first round of the long tripartite struggle for Kannauj. His son Nagabhata II took Kannauj and made it the capital.
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