Like his predecessors, Prithvivarman issued copper coins featuring the deity
Hanuman. He is also known from the four later Chandela inscriptions: • Augasi copper-plate inscription of Madanavarman •
Mau inscription of Madanavarman •
Ajaygarh inscription of Kalyanadevi (the wife of Viravarman) • Ajaygarh inscription of Ganapati These inscriptions do not mention any glorious achievements of Prithvivarman. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was a weak ruler; it is possible that he did not adopt an aggressive expansionist policy. The Mau inscription states that he handled the hereditary administration well. It also contains a conventional eulogy, describing him as someone who practiced the conduct of the "Golden age" by hating the ill-behaved persons, delighting those worthy, taking lawful wealth and spending it according to the sacred texts, and protecting all beings. According to the Mau inscription, Prithvivarman appointed Gadadhara as his chief minister. Gadadhara had served as a
pratihara (
chamberlain) to the previous king Jayavarman, and his father Ananta had served as a chief minister to the Chandela kings before Prithvivarman. An Ajaygarh inscription mentions Gokula of Gauda family as another hereditary minister of Prithvivarman. Prithvivarman is given the usual royal titles
Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara in the Augasi inscription. The Ajaygarh inscription of Kalyanadevi compares him to the legendary king
Prithu. He was succeeded by his son
Madanavarman. == References ==