Chandanaraja

Chandanaraja
Chahamana king
Reign	c. 890-917 CE
Predecessor	Govindaraja II
Successor	Vakpatiraja I

Dynasty	Chahamanas of Shakambhari
Father	Govindaraja II

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.

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

Bibliography

Dasharatha Sharma (1959). Early Chauhān Dynasties. S. Chand / Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9780842606189.
R. B. Singh (1964). History of the Chāhamānas. N. Kishore. OCLC 11038728.

Chahamanas of Shakambhari (Chauhans of Ajmer)

9th century and earlier	Chahamana (possibly mythical) Vasudeva Samantaraja Naradeva Ajayaraja I Vigraharaja I Chandraraja I Gopendraraja Durlabharaja I Govindaraja I Chandraraja II Govindaraja II

10th-11th centuries	Chandanaraja Vakpatiraja I Simharaja Vigraharaja II Durlabharaja II Govindaraja III Vakpatiraja II Viryarama Chamundaraja Durlabharaja III Vigraharaja III Prithviraja I

12th century	Ajayaraja II Arnoraja Jagaddeva Vigraharaja IV Amaragangeya Prithviraja II Someshvara Prithviraja III Govindaraja IV Hariraja

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