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Sangramadeva, yet a child, had been crowned during the lifetime of his father, Yasaskara, and it can easily be inferred that the ministerial council, headed by the crafty Parvagupta, held an upper hand in the affairs of the State. Parvagupta managed to place Samgramadeva under the regency of his grandmother - quite an old lady with a view to wield 3 real power from behind. With this intent in mind he even got rid of the ministers who had helped and collaborated with him earlier and even disposed off the regent grand-mother and assumed all powers himself. Very soon,he clothed himself with airs of royalty and became the de facto ruler, though still minister and feigning absolute subservience 1. B.T., I, vi, 106. 2. Ibid., I, vi, 108-12. 3. Ibid., I, vi, 115.

to the child-king. - 240 The ambitious Parvagupta soon began to formulate schemes of usurping the throne, but he was deterred in acting upon them for fear of the powerful Ekangas, whose loyalty to the child-king was unswerving. Though Kalhana introduces an element of witchcraft and the supernatural tinge in his narrative here, it is clear that, seizing upon an opportunity of heavy snowfall in the Valley, he surrounded the palace with troops of his following, killed the faithful minister 1. Kalhana makes an interesting observation in I, vi, 117. 117. As translated by Stein, Parvagupta "created the mingled impression of king (rajan) and Rajanaka" (Rajatarangini by Kalhana, I, vi, 117). Rajanaka is a title conferred by the king for highly meritorious services and means 'an inferior king', 'a petty prince' (Monier Williams, p. 874, column 3) or 'almost a king' (Stein, fn. 117, p. 244). Several celebrated Kashmir authors including Ratnakara and Ananda bore this title and it also appears to have been either a name or title of Acharya Mammata (Monier Williams, Ibid.). It may be noted with interest that this title was alsoknown in the Kangra Valley regions or Trigarta. Several interesting conclusions can be drawn from this In the first place, the title was generally borne by pundits or scholars who were Brahmanas and who se descendants came to form an exclusive community among Kashmir Brahmanas and whose family-name was, as is even today Razdan. Secondly, it might be taken to hint at the caste of Parvagupta. Thirdly, since the title was quite popular in Kangra regions, Parvagupta might have hailed from these regions, though his father, Sangramagupta, was born inPareyisoka, beyond the river Visoka (modern Visan). Rajatarangini by Kalhana, I, iv, 4; vi, 130; viii, 2140. 2. Rajatarangini by Kalhana, I, vi, 121 ff.

241 Ramavardhana and slew Sangramdeva, whose lifeless. body was thrown into the Vitasta. Thus ended the titular and uneventful rule of Sangramadeva, who was on the throne for about 5 months