Udayaditya

Udayaditya
King of Malwa
Reign	c. 1060 – c. 1086 CE
Predecessor	Jayasimha I
Successor	Lakshmadeva
Dynasty	Paramara

Udayaditya (reigned c. 1060–1086) was a Paramara ruler of Malwa region of central India, who succeeded Jayasimha I. He was succeeded by his son, Lakshmadeva.

The Udaipur Prashasti inscription says that at Bhoja's death " Dhara was filled with a dense darkness by his foes and his hereditary warriors become infirm in body. Then arose king Udayaditya, another sun as it were, destroying the dense darkness......and gladdening the sight of his people by his splendour". According to the Nagpur inscription, "when he(Bhoja) had become Indra's companion, when the realm was overrun by floods in which its sovereign was submerged, his relative Udayaditya become king delivering the earth which was troubled by kings and taken possession of by Karna...... joined by Karnatas."

Merutunga in his Prabandha Chintamani confirms this fact, stating that at Bhoja's death Karna and Bhimadeva of Gujarat were allies.The friendship and alliances between these two did not last long as the same author tells us that Bhima, not long last after, threatened Karna who came to terms and presented Bhimadeva with a golden litter which he had taken from Bhoja.

The Karnata mentioned as an ally of Karna would appear to be the Hoysala Yadava price Ereyanga. A record of this house states that Ereyanga in a conquest of the north, took Dhara the stronghold of Lords of Malwa, which had made prosperous by king Bhoja.

The fame of Udayaaditya as delivering Dhar and Malwa generally from a foreign yoke has given him a position of exaggerated importance. In his deliverance Dhar, this king was assisted by the Vikramaditya VI of Kalyani Chalukya. In the Vikramankadevacharita of Bilhana, Vikramaditya is said to have lent his assistance to the Malwa king, while his father Someshvara I was still ruling.

"He (Vikramaditya VI) placed the suppliant king (of Dhar) on his throne, free of all fear from enemies."

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