Prithivishena II (IAST: Pṛthivīṣeṇa; r. c. 480 – 500/505 CE[1]) was a ruler of the Nandivardhana-Pravarapura branch of the Vakataka dynasty.
A.S. Altekar suggests that when Prithivishena was a youth of about 20 years, he aided his father in repulsing the Nalas of the Bastar region who had invaded the Vakataka kingdom.
Altekar suggests that the first instance was the aforementioned repulsion of the Nalas during the reign of Prithivishena's father, and the second instance relates to a war with the aggressive Traikutaka king Dahrasena, who is known to have performed an ashwamedha horse sacrifice and whose growing kingdom bordered the Vakataka realm on the west.
[2] Notably, the seals on Prithivishena's charters reveal a more militant character than that of his predecessors, as they indicate that the king was "desirous of conquering".
On the basis of this evidence, Ajay Mitra Shastri believes that the Vishnukundin king Madhavavarman II Janashraya, who is known to have married a Vakataka princess, took control of a large portion of the former Vakataka kingdom and extended his conquests as far as the Narmada River immediately after the death of Prithivishena.