{{short description|Alchon Huns King}} {{for|the [[Vakataka]] king|Pravarasena I}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox royalty | title = Ruler of the [[Alchon Huns]] | reign = 530–590 | religion = [[Shaivism]] |image=Post-Kushan Gandhara Kidara Shahis Sri Pravarasena Circa 6th-early 7th century CE.jpg |caption=Coinage of Pravarasena, supposed founder of Srinagar. ''Obverse:'' Standing king with two figured seated below. Name "Pravarasena". ''Reverse:'' goddess seated on a lion. Legend "Kidāra". {{Circa|6th}}-early 7th century CE.<ref name="JC">{{cite journal |last1=Cribb |first1=Joe |title=Early Medieval Kashmir Coinage – A New Hoard and An Anomaly |journal=Numismatic Digest |volume=40 |year=2016 |url=https://www.academia.edu/32663187/Early_Medieval_Kashmir_Coinage_A_New_Hoard_and_An_Anomaly |language=en}}</ref> {{Location map+ |South Asia |float = center |width = 240 |caption = Approximate location of Sri Pravarasena's territory |nodiv = 1 |mini = 1 |relief = yes |places = {{location map~ |South Asia |lat=34.09|N |long=72|E |label=|position=left |label_size=70|mark=Brown circle 50%.svg|marksize=50}} }} | predecessor = [[Mihirakula]] | successor = Gokarna }} {{Alchon Huns}}
'''Sri Pravarasena''' (reigned {{Circa|530}}-590 CE), also sometimes '''Pravarasena II''' based on the regnal lists of the ''[[Rajatarangini]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedberg |first1=Arthur L. |last2=Friedberg |first2=Ira S. |title=Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present : an Illustrated Standard Catalogue with Valuations |date=2009 |publisher=Coin & Currency Institute |isbn=9780871843081 |page=463 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TlnoMdZu40UC&pg=PA463 |language=en}}</ref> was a 6th-century [[Huna Kingdom|Huna]] king of the [[Alchon Huns]] in the area of [[Gandhara]] and [[Kashmir]] in northwestern [[India]].<ref name="HCCC169"/> His reign probably lasted about 60 years from about the year 530 CE.<ref name="HCCC169"/><ref name="TH58">{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Hyun Jin |title=The Huns |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317340911 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnv4CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 |language=en}}</ref>
According to Kalhana's 12th century text ''[[Rajatarangini]]'', a king named Pravarasena II established a new capital named Pravarapura (also known as Pravarasena-pura). Based on topographical details, Pravarapura appears to be same as the modern city of [[Srinagar]]. [[Aurel Stein]] dates the king to 6th century.<ref name="MAS_1989">{{cite book |author=[[Marc Aurel Stein|M. A. Stein]] |title=Kalhana's Rajatarangini: a chronicle of the kings of Kasmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzxTkI9iAxkC&pg=PA439 |year=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0370-1 |pages=439–441 }}</ref><ref name="HCCC169"/> He also built a temple named "Pravaresha".<ref name="HCCC169"/><ref name="TH58"/>
Sri Pravarasena is thought as the most likely ruler to have succeeded the [[Alchon Huns]] ruler [[Mihirakula]] in the area of [[Kashmir]] [[Gandhara]], and he would have been the son of [[Toramana]].<ref name="HCCC169">{{cite book |last1=Dani |first1=Ahmad Hasan |last2=Litvinsky |first2=B. A. |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The crossroads of civilizations, A.D. 250 to 750 |date=1996 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=9789231032110 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=883OZBe2sMYC&pg=PA169 |language=en}}</ref>
Pravarasena was probably succeeded by a king named [[Gokarna (king)|Gokarna]], a follower of [[Shiva]], and then by his son king [[Narendraditya Khinkhila]].<ref name="TH58"/><ref name="HCCC169"/> The son of Narendraditya was [[Yudhishthira (Huna king)|Yudhishthira]], last known ruler of the Alchon Huns.<ref name="HCCC169"/>
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