The epithet Varaha (descendant of the Boar incarnation of Vishnu) is applied for the first time to Pragjyotisha king who is also described as Prachi-Pradipa (the light of the east) and a past master of grammar (Pada), Vakya (Mimamsa), logic (Tarka), and Tantra.
His family belonged to Vai village in the land called Savathi (Sanskrit, Sravasti); same as the modern Baigram near Hili railway station in Bogra district of Bangladesh.
It was also the capital of old Kosala Janapada and an early centre of Buddhism and was situated at the site of modern Set-Mahet on the border of Gonda and Bahraich districts.
Some of the serials are given here (1) Kirti-Kamalini-Martanda (He who is like Martanda causing the lotuses embodying fame to bloom) (6) Arasika-Bhima, (28) Medini-Tilaka (tilaka of the earth), (31) Turanga-Revanta (Revanta among the horses), (32) Haragirija-Charana-Pankaja-Rajo-Ranjitottamanga (He whose head is bedecked with the dust from the lotus-feet of Shiva & Parvati).
Earlier there was no information about these two rulers, but copper plate grant issued by Go Pala and found at Gachtal, near Doboka in Nagaon district, has changed it all.