Bhaskaradeva

The ancestry of Bhaskaradeva is still a topic of debate among scholars. The older chronicles such as the Gopal Raj Vamshavali do not note a change of dynasty from Lakshmikamadeva to Bhaskaradeva. However, a less popular opinion such as of Sylvain Lévi and Daniel Wright implies a change of dynasty,^[3][4] and further adds that Bhaskaradeva had dethroned either Lakshmikamadeva or Jayadeva and became the king.^[5] They suggest that Bhaskaradeva was a Thakuri from Nuwakot, and belonged to the same dynasty as Amshuverma.^[6] Modern authors such as D.R. Regmi, and Luciano Petech are strongly critical of the latter argument.^[7][5]

Bhaskaradeva had a joint rule with Jayadeva from c. 1039–1044, and after then he was the sole ruler of Nepal. Even though Jayadeva is generally considered a co-ruler with Bhaskaradeva, the former's status was inferior, i.e. a junior king, during the reign of Bhaskaradeva, and even Lakshmikamadeva.^[8] Bhaskaradeva was succeeded by Baladeva in c. 1047.^[9][10]