The Sharabhapuriya (IAST: Śarabhapurīya) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India, during 5th and 6th centuries.

[2] D. C. Sircar theorised that the dynasty was known as Amararyakula, based on the Malhar inscription of a ruler called Vyaghraraja.

[5] Most of the dynasty's grants have been found in and around Malhar and Raipur, in the historical Dakshin Kosala region.

The Allahabad pillar inscription of the Gupta king Samudragupta states that he defeated one Mahendra, ruler of Kosala.

[12] A 510 CE Eran inscription mentions one Sharabharaja as the maternal grandfather of one Goparaja, who died in a battle.

Based on the identification of this Sharabharaja with the Sharabhapuriya king Sharabha, A. M. Shastri dates his rule to c. 475–500 CE.

[15] Maharaja Narendra, the son of Sharabha, issued the earliest extant grant of the dynasty.

[12] The fact that the inscription omits the overlord's name suggests that he had become practically independent, and acknowledged the Gupta suzerainty only nominally.

The issuance of gold coins suggests that he was a powerful ruler, although he may have continued to acknowledge nominal Gupta suzerainty.

The coins feature a standing garuda, flanked by a crescent moon, a wheel and a conch-shell.

This inscription was issued from a town called Prasanna-pura, and describes Vyaghraraja as the son of Pravara-bhattaraka.

D. C. Sircar and some others theorised that Vyaghraraja was a Sharabhapuriya king: Prasannapura may have been named after his ancestor Prasanna.

[26] All the Sharabhapuriya kings were devotees of Vishnu, and worshipped Krishna Vasudeva as the supreme deity.

[28] The inscriptions record land grants made to Brahmins for the merit of the donor and his parents.

The outer sides of the first and third copper plates are blank in the early inscriptions, presumably as a safeguard against weathering from exposure.

However, in several of the later records, the outer side of the third copper plate is inscribed, presumably to accommodate the large amount of text.

[32] The inscriptions begin with a symbol representing the word siddham (translated as "success" or "hail!

[33] Next, the records mention the place of issue, the ruling monarch and the land grant order.

The Panduvamshis, who succeeded the Sharabhapuriyas and adopted their style of inscriptions, followed the purnimanta system.