Chandanaraja

Chandanaraja
King of Sapadalaksha
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

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.
• R. B. Singh (1964). History of the Chāhamānas. N. Kishore. OCLC 11038728.