Samrat Mihir Bhoj Pratihar is believed to have been born as Rambhadra Pratihar and Maharani Appa Devi as a result of the worship of Lord Surya. There is little information available about Mihir Bhoj about the history books. Mihir Bhoja ruled for 49 years from 836 to 885 AD.
The extinction of Mihir Bhoj's empire extended from Multan to West Bengal and from Kashmir to Karnataka. Samrat Mihir Bhoj was a strong, just and protector of religion. Mihir Bhoj was a worshiper of Shiva Shakti. In the Prabhas section of the Skanda Purana, the pagoda and the peaks located in the Prabas area of Lord Shiva are mentioned.
Somnath was recognized in the major pilgrimage places of India during the period of the Empire of Pratihar. Prabhas region's reputation was similar to Kashi Vishwanath. Details about the life of Emperor Mihir Bhoj in the Prabhas section of the Skanda Purana. Regarding Mihir Bhoj, it is said that they were the devotees of Somnath, they were also married in Saurashtra only. They protected the earth from the malechchhon.
After ruling for 49 years, he handed over the throne to his son Mahendrapal Pratihar and went to the forest for the restoration. The emperor, Mihir Bhoja, was the currency of the monarch who was promoted to Emperor Mihir Bhoja in 836 AD to make Kannauj the capital of the country. Emperor Mihir Bhoj is known as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, which is worshiped by Lord Varah. It is found that Varah Avtar had killed the Hiranyaksh monster and saved the Earth from the hood and protected it.
The name of Samrat Mihir Bhoj is also Adivarah. There are two reasons for this to occur: The way in which Lord Varah had protected the earth and killed Hiranyaksh, just like that, Mihir Bhoj protected his homeland by killing the malechchhon (Turks and Arabs). The second reason is that the emperor was born to Varah Jayanti, which is meant for Dwitiya (Doz) of the Shukla Paksha of the month. According to Sanatan Dharma, seeing this moon on this day is considered very auspicious. Two days after this day, the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi begins in Maharashtra. The places where Pratihars, Parihars, padihars, inda, raghav and other branches are aware of the birth anniversary of the emperor, they celebrate this birth anniversary with great fanfare. Give this information to the people who are not aware of this and start the practice of celebrating Samrat Mihir Bhoj's birthday with great fanfare.
Arab travelers did Samarit Mihir Bhoj's Yashogan
The Arab traveler 'Suleman' wrote his book, Silsili-i-Tuarikh, in 851 AD when he came to India on a tour. Sultan Emperor Mihir writes about Bhoj that the emperor has a large army of emperors. There is no such army with any king like him. Suleman has also written that there is no enemy of Islam greater than Islam by the emperor Mihir Bhoj. Mihir Bhoj has the best army of camels, elephants and horsemen. In its state, the trade is from gold silver coins. It is also said that there are gold and silver mines in his state too. This state is the safest region of India. There is no fear of robbers and thieves.
Mihir Bhoj State's borders touch the borders of the Rashtrakutas in the south, the Paal of Bengal in the east and the rulers of Multan in the west. The enemy could not stop his anger after coming into the fire. Dharmatma, litterateur and scholar were honored in their meeting. In his court, Rajashekhar poet composed many famous texts.
Kashmir's state poet 'Kalhan' has mentioned Samrat Mihir Bhoj in his book 'Raj Tarangani'. His vast empire was divided into many state chambers, etc. To keep them under control, the punishments were automatically employed by the emperor.
Due to the good governance of the eligible feudal powers, complete peace was prevailing in all the empires. The emperor had complete control over the feudal monarch. Nobody was dared to violate the command and raise the head.
His ancestor, Emperor Nagabhatta Pratihar, organized the practice of providing permanent salaries and cash to him and he got strengthened in this time and the great army of Pratihar / Parihar Rajput kingdom stood up. This is the first example of Indian history, when an army is given cash salaries.
