[3] He was visited by Xuanzang and Wang Xuance, the envoys of the Tang dynasty, who left accounts of the ancient king and kingdom.

[citation needed] Bhaskarvarman issued the Dubi and Nidhanpur copper plate land grants,[5] and a clay seal found in Nalanda.

[citation needed] Mahasenagupta, in an alliance with Shashanka, defeated Susthitavarman and took control over north and central Bengal.

The Chinese traveller, Xuanzang, visited Bhaskaravarman in his court at his invitation and noted that the King patronised Buddhism though a non-Buddhist.

He mentioned that the people were of short height and yellow complexion and Bhaskar Varman was Hindu and not Buddhist.

The pilgrim heard from the locals that to the east of the country was a series of hills which reached as far as the confines of China.

[citation needed] Bhaskaravarman was a worshiper of Shiva, though he had great reverence for learned Buddhist priests and professors of his time, and was distinctly inclined towards Buddhism.

The general populace worshipped the Devas in many temples, and adherents of Buddhism practiced devotion secretly.

[citation needed] According to Xuanzang, the people of Kamarupa were honest, albeit with a violent disposition, but were persevering students.

The Nidhanpur grant issued from Karnasuvarna contained local literary forms and offices not found in subsequent Kamarupa inscriptions.

[citation needed] The gifts from Bhaskaravarman to Harshavardhana contained mostly products of the land—royal umbrella of exquisite workmanship studded with valuable gems, puthis written on Sachi-bark, dyed cane-mats, Agar-essence, musk in silk-bags, liquid molasses in earthen-pots, utensils, paintings, a pair of Brahmini ducks in a cage made of cane and overlaid with gold, and a considerable quantity of silk-fabrics indicating industry was rudimentary.

[citation needed] In his Nidhanpur copper-plate inscription Bhaskaravarman is said to have revealed the light of the Arya religion by dispelling the accumulated darkness of Kali age, by making a judicious application of his revenues; who has equalled the prowess of the whole ring of his feudatories by the strength of his own arm, who has derived many a way of enjoyment for his hereditary subjects whose loyal devotion to him was augmented by his steadiness, modesty and affability, who is adorned with a wonderful ornament of splendid fame made of the flowery words of praise variously composed by hundreds of kings vanquished by him in battle; whose virtuous activities, like those of Sivi, were applied in making gifts for the benefit of others; whose powers, as of a second preceptor of the Gods (Brihaspati), was recognised by others on account of his skill in devising and applying the means of politics that appear in suitable moments; whose own conduct was adorned by learning, valour, patience, prowess and good actions".

Dikshit, in his "Epigraphical notes of the Nalanda finds", thinks that the seal probably accompanied Bhaskaravarman's letter to Śīlabhadra inviting Xuanzang.

[citation needed] Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University of Nalbari, Assam has been named after him.