[2] He was born as Jog Raj and was the son of Budh Chand Prakash.
[4][1] The reason for him doing so has been attributing either to him being highly reverent of the Guru, whose life was endangered in Anandpur due to hostile rajas seeking to eliminate him or as a realpolitik move to ally himself to the Guru to prevent any possible attacks on his state by rival kingdoms.
[1] Mat Prakash did not join Bhim Chand (Kahlur) and the other local rajas in their wars against the Sikhs.
[1] Two mandirs were built in Shepri (Shivpuri) during his reign dedicated to Bankhadi Mahadev and Maharani Kartika Kalratri.
[3] Since he had no issue, he was succeeded to the throne by Hari Prakash, his brother.