copper plates (1010–11 CE) are the earliest historical record of Bhoja's reign. The Chintamani-Sarnika (1055 CE) was composed by Bhoja's court poet Dasabala. An inscription of Bhoja's successor Jayasimha I is also dated 1055 CE. Thus, 1055 CE can be taken as the last year of Bhoja's reign. Based on these evidences, scholars such as Pratipal Bhatia assign Bhoja's reign to 1010–1055 CE. However, some scholars assign the beginning of Bhoja's reign variously between 1000 CE and 1010 CE, based on their interpretations of inscriptions and legendary texts. For example, Merutunga's Prabandha-Chintamani states that Bhoja ruled for 55 years, 7 months and 3 days. Based on this, scholars such as D. C. Ganguly and K. C. Jain assign Bhoja's reign to 1000–1055 CE. However, as K. M. Munshi states, dates are "the weakest point in Merutunga's narratives". A. K. Warder, who dismisses Merutunga as "completely unreliable" and his narratives as "essentially fiction", believes there is no evidence that Bhoja's reign began much earlier than 1010 CE. Names and titles In the Paramara inscriptions, Bhoja is mentioned as Bhoja-deva. In some modern north Indian languages such as Hindi, he is also known as "Bhoj" (because of schwa deletion). Bhoja's inscriptions mention his titles as Parama-bhattaraka, Maharajadhiraja and Parameshvara. Ganaratna Mahodadhi (1140 CE), a work on grammar by Vardhamana, suggests that "Tribhuvan Narayana" or "Triloka Narayana" ("Lord of the three worlds") was also a title of Bhoja. This is corroborated by epigraphic evidence: the Shiva temple ascribed to Bhoja in the Chittor fort has an idol which was named "Bhojasvamindeva" as well as "Tribhuvan Narayanadeva". Military career { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Banswara" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [74.43, 23.55] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Betma" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [75.61, 22.68] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Bhojpur" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [77.58, 23.10] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Depalpur" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [75.54, 22.85] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "star", "title": "Dhar" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [75.30, 22.60] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Kalwan" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [74.03, 20.49] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "monument", "title": "Mahaudi" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [76.51,