Career
A bachelor king, he died without an heir. After his death Salasthambha, who established the Mlechchha dynasty, acquired power in Kamarupa Kingdom. He is known for his alliance with Harshavardhana against Shashanka, the first major ruler of Bengal (Karnasuvarna).
Bhaskarvarman issued the Nidhanpur copper plate grant from his camp at Karnasuvarna and it moved into his control for a short period.
He said he crossed a great river Karatoya before entering the Kamarupa. The eastern boundary was a line of hills close to the Chinese frontier.
He also said Kamarupa was nearly 1700 miles in circumference. The climate was genial.
The people were honest.
Their speech differed a little from that of mid-India. They were of violent disposition but were persevering students. The Deva-temples were some hundreds in number and the various systems had some myriads of professed adherents.
The pilgrim ascertained from the people that to the east of the country was a series of hills which reached as far as the confines of China.
The inhabitants of these hills were akin to the "Manitoba of the Lao".
