Lakshmadeva (IAST: Lakṣma-deva) was a member of the Paramara dynasty of Malwa region in central India.
A 1104-1105 CE stone inscription, now kept at the Nagpur Museum, records several military achievements of Lakshmadeva.
[1] The 1104-1105 CE Nagpur prashasti inscription credits Lakshmadeva with the following military achievements in the four directions:[1] This description appears to be a poetic exaggeration based on the victories of the legendary king Raghu, as described in Raghuvamsa.
[5] Historian D. C. Ganguly speculated that the claim of Lakshmadeva subjugating the Turushkas (the Turkic people) may be a reference to his repulsion of an attack by Mahmud of Ghazni.
Some other historians believe that Lakshmadeva might have defeated a Turkic Muslim governor of Punjab who invaded Ujjain, but this is not corroborated by any evidence.