Agguka I

Agguka I (r. c. 770 - c. 790) was a ruler of the Saindhava dynasty[2] and the commander of the Saindhava naval fleet during the last quarter of 8th century. He was the son of Krishnaraj.

Agguka I
Maharaja of Saindhava
PredecessorKrishnaraja I[1]
DynastySaindhava
FatherKrishnaraja I
ReligionHinduism

During his reign the Arabs made a fresh bid to establish their supremacy over Saurashtra. In 756 CE the Arab governor of Sindh sent a naval fleet against the Saindhavas. This naval attack was repulsed by the Saindhavas as they had a strong naval forces. Later in 776 CE another naval expedition by the Arabs was defeated by the Saindhava naval fleet under the command of Agguka I. A Saindhava inscription relates that Agguka I inflicted a disastrous defeat on the Arab naval fleets which forced the Arabs to withdraw. After this the Caliph Al-Mahdi gave up the project of conquering any part of India through the Navy. In the Saindhava inscription he was titled as Samudradhipati or Master of the western sea.[3][4]

References
  1. Dilip K. Chakrabarty (2010). The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the Ancient Indian Dynasties. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199088324.
  2. John Middleton (2015). World Monarchies and Dynasties. Routledge. p. 489. ISBN 9781317451587.
  3. Kumar, Amit (2012). "Maritime History of India: An Overview". Maritime Affairs:Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India. Taylor & Francis. 8 (1): 93–115. doi:10.1080/09733159.2012.690562. S2CID 108648910. In 776 AD, Arabs tried to invade Sind again but were defeated by the Saindhava naval fleet. A Saindhava inscription provides information about these naval actions.
  4. Sailendra Nath Sen (1 January 1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. pp. 343–344. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0.


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