These stories of Bhoja's persecution by Munja are essentially mythical. The king discovered him in a munja grassland. According to K. N. Seth, this person is same as the Vakpati Munja. The 1003 Kauthem inscription records Tailapa's imprisonment of Utpala (another name for Munja). Padmagupta's literary career may have spanned the reigns of the Sindhuraja's successors Munja and Bhoja. In Bengal, the girdle of munja grass is called "Mekhala". Another later poet Ballala states that Munja and Sindhuraja were biological brothers. Merutunga further states that Munja and Tailapa's sister Mrinalavati fell in love during his imprisonment. According to Merutunga, during his imprisonment, Munja and Tailapa's widowed sister Mrinalavati fell in love. Sindhuraja succeeded his brother Munja as the Paramara king. Munja, who wanted his own son to become the king, ordered Bhoja's killing. According to Paramara inscriptions, his patron Vakpati Munja had achieved military successes in southern India. Some literary works suggest that Bhoja succeeded his uncle Munja as the Paramara king. He was the younger brother of Munja, and the father of Bhoja. Munja was succeeded by his brother Sindhuraja.