Chandanaraja

Chandanaraja (r. c. 890-917 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Shakambhari Chahamana dynasty. He ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.

Chandanaraja
Chahamana king
Reignc. 890-917 CE
PredecessorGovindaraja II
SuccessorVakpatiraja I
DynastyChahamanas of Shakambhari
FatherGovindaraja II

Chandana-raja succeeded his father Guvaka II as the Chahamana king. He is also known as Vappayaraja and Manika Rai.[1]

According to the Harsha stone inscription, Chandana defeated a Tomara ruler named Rudra (or Rudrena). Dasharatha Sharma identifies this ruler with a king of Delhi's Tomara dynasty.[2] Historian R. B. Singh theorizes that Rudra was another name of the Tomara ruler Chandrapala or Bibasapala.[3]

The Prithviraja Vijaya states that Chandana's queen Rudrani was also known as "Atma-Prabha" because of her yogic powers. She is said to have set up 1,000 lamp-like lingams on the banks of the Pushkar lake.[4]

References
  1. R. B. Singh 1964, p. 56.
  2. Dasharatha Sharma 1959, pp. 26-27.
  3. R. B. Singh 1964, p. 97.
  4. R. B. Singh 1964, pp. 97-98.

Bibliography
  • Dasharatha Sharma (1959). Early Chauhān Dynasties. S. Chand / Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9780842606189.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • R. B. Singh (1964). History of the Chāhamānas. N. Kishore. OCLC 11038728.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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