[Dhruvasena I. A.D. 526-535.] The third son Dhruvasena is the first of several Valabhis of that name. Three copperplates of his remain: The Kukad grant dated Gupta 207 (A.D. 526), [290] an unpublished grant found in Junágadh dated Gupta 210 (A.D. 529), and the Valeh grant dated Gupta 216 (A.D. 535). [291] One of Dhruvasena's attributes Parama-bhattáraka-pádánudhyáta, Bowing at the feet of the great lord, apparently applies to the same paramount sovereign who installed his brother Dronasimha. The paramount lord can hardly be Dhruvasena's father as his father is either called Bhatárka without the parama or more commonly Senápati that is general. Dhruvasena's other political attributes are Mahárája Great King or Mahásúmanta Great Chief, the usual titles of a petty feudatory king. In the A.D. 535 plates he has the further attributes of Mahápratíhára the great doorkeeper or chamberlain, Mahádandanáyaka [292] the great magistrate, and Máhákártakritika (?) or great general, titles which seem to show he still served some overlord. It is not clear whether Dhruvasena succeeded his brother Dronasimha or was a separate contemporary ruler. The absence of 'falling at the feet of' or other successional phrase and the use of the epithet 'serving at the feet of' the great lord seem to show that his power was distinct from his brothers. In any case Dhruvasena is the first of the family who has a clear connection with Valabhi from which the grants of A.D. 526 and 529 are dated. In these grants Dhruvasena's father Bhatárka and his elder brothers are described as 'great Máhesvaras' that is followers of Siva, while Dhruvasena himself is called Paramabhágavata the great Vaishnava. It is worthy of note, as stated in the A.D. 535 grant, that his niece Duddá (or Lulá?) was a Buddhist and had dedicated a Buddhist monastery at Valabhi. The latest known date of Dhruvasena is A.D. 535 (G. 216). Whether Dharapatta or Dharapatta's son Guhasena succeeded is doubtful. That Dharapatta is styled Mahárája and that a twenty-four years' gap occurs between the latest grant of Dhruvasena and A.D. 559 the earliest grant of Guhasena favour the succession of Dharapatta. On the other hand in the A.D. 559 grant all Guhasena's sins are said to be cleansed by falling at the feet of, that is, by succeeding, Dhruvasena. It is possible that Dharapatta may have ruled for some years and Dhruvasena again risen to power.