Pratap Manikya

Pratap Manikya (d. c.1487) was a Maharaja of Tripura during the late 15th century.

Pratap Manikya
Maharaja of Tripura
Reignc.1487
PredecessorRatna Manikya I
SuccessorVijaya Manikya I
ConsortSister of Daityanarayan (possibly)[note 1]
IssueVijaya Manikya I (possibly)
Ratnavati Devi[note 2]
HouseManikya dynasty
FatherRatna Manikya I
Kingdom of Tripura
Part of History of Tripura
Maha Manikyac. 1400–1431
Dharma Manikya I1431–1462
Ratna Manikya I1462–1487
Pratap Manikya1487
Vijaya Manikya I1488
Mukut Manikya1489
Dhanya Manikya1490–1515
Dhwaja Manikya1515–1520
Deva Manikya1520–1530
Indra Manikya I1530–1532
Vijaya Manikya II1532–1563
Ananta Manikya1563–1567
Udai Manikya1567–1573
Joy Manikya I1573–1577
Amar Manikya1577–1585
Rajdhar Manikya I1586–1600
Ishwar Manikya1600
Yashodhar Manikya1600–1623
Interregnum1623–1626
Kalyan Manikya1626–1660
Govinda Manikya1660–1661
Chhatra Manikya1661–1667
Govinda Manikya1661–1673
Rama Manikya1673–1685
Ratna Manikya II1685–1693
Narendra Manikya1693–1695
Ratna Manikya II1695–1712
Mahendra Manikya1712–1714
Dharma Manikya II1714–1725
Jagat Manikya1725–1729
Dharma Manikya II1729
Mukunda Manikya1729–1739
Joy Manikya II1739–1744
Indra Manikya II1744–1746
Vijaya Manikya III1746–1748
Lakshman Manikya1740s/1750s
Interregnum1750s–1760
Krishna Manikya1760–1783
Rajdhar Manikya II1785–1806
Rama Ganga Manikya1806–1809
Durga Manikya1809–1813
Rama Ganga Manikya1813–1826
Kashi Chandra Manikya1826–1829
Krishna Kishore Manikya1829–1849
Ishan Chandra Manikya1849–1862
Bir Chandra Manikya1862–1896
Radha Kishore Manikya1896–1909
Birendra Kishore Manikya1909–1923
Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya1947–1949
1949–1978 (titular)
Kirit Pradyot Manikya1978–present (titular)
Tripura monarchy data
Manikya dynasty (Royal family)
Agartala (Capital of the kingdom)
Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence)
Neermahal (Royal residence)
Rajmala (Royal chronicle)
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle)
Chaturdasa Devata (Family deities)
Shamsher Gazi (Usurper)

Reign

Though Pratap Manikya is stated in the Rajmala to be a son of Dharma Manikya I,[3] later scholarship proved this to be chronologically improbable.[4] It is instead believed that he was Dharma's grandson, with his father being Ratna Manikya I.[5] There were also uncertainties regarding the years of Pratap's rule. A coin supposedly minted during his reign bears the year Saka 1412 (1490 CE), though the modern-style script has led to doubts regarding its authenticity.[6] It is notable that Pratap's immediate successors struck coins in 1488 and 1489 respectively.[5]

A younger son of his father, Pratap's rule had been propped up by the support of prominent army generals in opposition to his elder brother Dhanya, against whom he waged a civil war.[7] According to the Rajmala, because of his impiety, Pratap soon lost the support of these nobles, who launched a conspiracy against him. The chronicle continues that due to his formidable physical strength and stoutness, Pratap had to be killed at night while he slept.[8]

He was succeeded in quick succession by the minor Vijaya Manikya (who may have been his son)[1] and Pratap's younger brother Mukut, before the throne finally settled on Dhanya, whose long reign lasted until 1515.[9]

Notes
  1. The army chief Daityanarayan was stated to have been a maternal uncle of Vijaya Manikya I, Pratap's possible son.[1]
  2. Married Bazid, Sultan of Pratapgarh.[2]

References
  1. Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 16.
  2. Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910]. Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho (in Bengali). Kolkata: Kotha. p. 291.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Durlabhendra; Sukheshwar; Baneshwar (1999). Sri Rajmala. Translated by Kailāsa Candra Siṃha; N.C. Nath. Agartala: Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura. p. 60.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Saha, Sudhanshu Bikash (1986). Tribes of Tripura: A Historical Survey. Agartala: Rupali Book House. p. 168.
  5. Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi Publications. p. 21.
  6. Bose, S.K. (1989). "A Silver Coin of Dhanya Manikya". The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India. Numismatic Society of India, P.O. Hindu University. 51: 35.
  7. Choudhury (2000, p. 290)
  8. Durlabhendra, Sukheshwar & Baneshwar (1999, p. 60)
  9. Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1988). This Beautiful Indian: Tripura. Ess Ess Publications. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-7000-039-6.
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