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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Arjunavarman II<br />
| succession = King of [[Malwa]]<br />
| reign = 13th century<br />
| predecessor = [[Jayavarman II (Paramara dynasty)|Jayavarman II]]<br />
| successor = [[Bhoja II (Paramara dynasty)|Bhoja II]]<br />
| house = [[Paramara dynasty|Paramara]]<br />
| house-type = Dynasty<br />
}}<br />
'''Arjunavarman II''', also known as '''Arjuna''', was a king of the [[Paramara dynasty]] in central India. He ruled in the [[Malwa]] region, in second half of the 13th century CE, during 1270s and 1280s.<br />
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Arjuna II succeeded [[Jayavarman II (Paramara dynasty)|Jayavarman II]] (alias Jayasimha), and proved to be a weak ruler.{{sfn|Bhatia|1970|p=158}} After Jayasimha's death around 1275 CE, the Paramara minister rebelled against his king. This fact has been mentioned by the Muslim historian Wassaf, who does not name the king or the minister. The minister was probably Goga.{{sfn|Majumdar|1977|p=445}}<br />
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In the 1270s, [[Ramachandra of Devagiri|Ramachandra]], the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|Yadava king of Devagiri]] invaded Malwa. The Udari inscription of Ramachandra, issued in 1276 CE, states that the Yadava king was "a lion in destroying the multitude of the rutting elephants of Arjuna".{{sfn|Bhatia|1970|p=158}}<br />
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in the 1280s, the [[Chauhans of Ranthambore|Ranthambore Chahamana]] ruler [[Hammiradeva|Hammira]] also raided Malwa. The Balvan inscription of 1288 CE mentions that Hammira captured the elephant force of Arjuna.{{sfn|Sharma|1975|p=124}}<br />
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Jain poet Nayachandra Suri's ''[[Hammira Mahakavya]]'' states that Hammira defeated Arjuna of Sarasapura and Bhoja of Dhara. Based on this, [[R. C. Majumdar]] concluded that Hammira must have invaded Malwa twice: once during the reign of Arjuna II, and again, during the reign of his successor [[Bhoja II (Paramara dynasty)|Bhoja II]].{{sfn|Majumdar|1966|pp=85-86}} Pratipal Bhatia theorizes that Arjuna II's minister Goga-deva put Bhoja II on the throne of the Paramara capital [[Dhar|Dhara]] as a titular king, while Arjuna II continued to controlled another part of the kingdom.{{sfn|Bhatia|1970|p=160}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{cite book |first=Pratipal |last=Bhatia |title=The Paramāras, c. 800-1305 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5gcAAAAMAAJ |year=1970 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal }}<br />
* {{cite book |first=Asoke Kumar |last=Majumdar |title=Concise History of Ancient India: Political history |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3VDAAAAYAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal }}<br />
* {{cite book |first=Dasharatha |last=Sharma |author-link=Dasharatha Sharma |title=Early Chauhān Dynasties: A Study of Chauhān Political History, Chauhān Political Institutions, and Life in the Chauhān Dominions, from 800 to 1316 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4gcAAAAMAAJ |year=1975 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-0-8426-0618-9 }}<br />
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