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{{Infobox royalty
| succession = King of [[Kannauj]]
| reign = c. 647 CE- c. ? CE
| predecessor = [[Harshavardhana]]
| successor = [[Yashovarman]]
}}

Arunāsva was the king of [[Kannauj]] and the surrounding area for a brief period, after emperor [[Harshavardhana]]'s death, who died heirless.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Bennett (historian) |date=1998 |title=The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare |location=Chicago |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |page=[https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 336] |isbn=978-1-57958-116-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 }}</ref> After emperor [[Harshavardhana]]'s demise, he usurped the throne and became the new king of Kannauj.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Bennett (historian) |date=1998 |title=The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare |location=Chicago |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |page=[https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 336] |isbn=978-1-57958-116-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 }}</ref><ref name="Pordenone)Ṭabīb1998">{{cite book|author1=Odorico (da Pordenone)|author2=Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb|author3=Francesco Balducci Pegolotti |author4=Joannes de Marignolis |author5=Ibn Batuta |title=Cathay and the Way Thither: Preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69UMAQAAMAAJ&q=648|year=1998|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|page=69}}</ref>

==Reign==
After emperor [[Harshavardhana]]'s death, he usurped the throne and became the new king of [[Kannauj]]. He was the emperor's former minister. In 648, the [[Tang dynasty]]'s emperor [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Tang Taizong]] sent [[Wang Xuance]] to India in response to emperor Harsha having sent an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harsha had died and the new king Aluonashun (supposedly Arunāsva) attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Bennett (historian) |date=1998 |title=The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare |location=Chicago |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |page=[https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 336] |isbn=978-1-57958-116-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hutchinsondictio0000benn/page/336 }}</ref> This led to Wang Xuance escaping to Tibet,<ref>{{cite book |last=Sen |first=Tansen |date=2003 |title=Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations |url=https://archive.org/details/buddhismdiplomac00sent |url-access=limited |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/buddhismdiplomac00sent/page/n39 23] |isbn=978-0-8248-2593-5}}</ref> also secured a reported Buddhist relic for China.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Chen |first=Jinhua |date=2002 |title=Śarīra and Scepter. Empress Wu's Political Use of Buddhist Relics |url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/viewFile/8924/2817 |journal=The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies |publisher=International Association of Buddhist Studies |page=45}}</ref> He fought back to India with [[Tibetan Empire|Tibet]] and [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi]] force, during the war, an apocryphal story written many centuries later, it is claimed that the new king was among the captives during [[Wang Xuance]]'s attack. He was taken back to China to spend his days in attendance on the Tang Emperor. <ref name="Yule1915">{{cite book|author=Henry Yule|title=Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SAqgAb41ifIC&q=tibetan+nepal+648&pg=PA69|year=1915|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1966-1|pages=69–}}</ref><ref name="Pordenone)Ṭabīb1998">{{cite book|author1=Odorico (da Pordenone)|author2=Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb|author3=Francesco Balducci Pegolotti |author4=Joannes de Marignolis |author5=Ibn Batuta |title=Cathay and the Way Thither: Preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69UMAQAAMAAJ&q=648|year=1998|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|page=69}}</ref><ref name="https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/kannauj-after-harsha-1444825262-1">{{cite web |last1=https://www.jagranjosh.com |first1=https://www.jagranjosh.com |title=Kannauj after Harsha |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/kannauj-after-harsha-1444825262-1 |website=Jagran Josh |publisher=Jagran Josh}}</ref> The war had lasted 3 days.<ref name="Schaik2011">{{cite book|author=Sam Van Schaik|title=Tibet: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpLAKGG1ZX4C&pg=PT48&dq=tibetan+nepal+648&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Uba2VNOINIWUNtnDgcAN&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=tibetan%20nepal%20648&f=false|year=2011|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-17217-1|pages=48–}}</ref>

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Arunasva - Revision history

>Tulika and Satvik at 10:33, 4 December 2020