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अवन्तिवर्मन्
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c.
883
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Avantivarman is was a king in the line of Utpala, who overthrew the Karkotaka kings of Kashmir.
, He built a new capital called Avantipura, where he built temples to Vishnu and Shiva, as well as patronizing Buddhist monasteries.
, According to Kalhaṇa, Avantivarman’s reign was a period of relative prosperity and he supported several Sanskrit scholars and poets - Muktākaṇa, Śivasvāmin, Ratnākara, Ānandavardhana and Kallaṭa