Bhoj was a great philosopher king and polymath of medieval India. He ruled the kingdom of Malwa in central India from about 1010 to 1060. He was from the Paramara dynasty of Rajputs, who ruled Malwa from the mid-tenth century to about 1200. His extensive writings cover philosophy, poetry, medicine, veterinary science, phonetics, yoga, and archery. Under his rule, Malwa and its capital Dhar became one of the chief intellectual centers of India. King Bhoj, together with the Solanki king Bhima of Gujarat (Anhilwara), rebuilt the temple at Somnath between 1026 and 1042 after it was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni. Bhoj also founded the city of Bhopal, which is named after him, to secure the eastern frontier of his kingdom.

See also

• Samarangana-sutradhara