The Paramara were a Rajput dynasty that ruled Malwa region between the 9th and 14th centuries. Its early rulers were most likely vassals of the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta. Around 972 CE, Siyaka sacked the Rashtrakuta capital, Manyakheta, and established the Paramaras as a sovereign power. By the time of his successor Munja, the Malwa region in present-day Madhya Pradesh had become the core Paramara territory, with Dhara (now Dhar) as their capital. The dynasty reached its pinnacle under Munja's nephew Bhoja, whose kingdom stretched from Chittor in the north to Konkan in the south, and from the Sabarmati River in the west to Vidisha in the east.