Khayaravala dynasty
Khayaravala dynasty | |||||||||
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| 11th - 13th century | |||||||||
| Status | Gahadavalas | ||||||||
| Capital | Khayaragarh, Shahabad district | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Nayak (King or Chief) | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 11th - 13th century | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
The Khayaravala dynasty, was a tribal kingdom that ruled parts of the present-day
Gahadavala dynasty of Varanasi.[1][2][3][4] This is demonstrated by inscriptions which show land grants being made to the Khayaravalas.[5]
History
The Khayaravalas are believed to have originated from the
Sanskrit language. An inscription from Pratapadhavala dated to 1158 and found on a rock-cut image of Durga near Tilouthu states that he travelled on a pilgrimage accompanied by five female slaves, a doorkeeper, a court pandit and his household.[6]
His inscriptions also make clear that Pratapadhavala described himself as a
brahmanical mode of worship which helped them develop from a form of "tribe sovereignty" to "territorial sovereignty". This also brought them on par with the other landed elites of the region.[6]
There are remains of archaeological find-spots in the area previously controlled by the dynasty. These find-spots include inscriptions of King Pratapdhavala in Phulwaria, the Tutrahi fall rock inscription of Vikram Samvat 1214, Tarachandi rock inscription of Pratapdhavala of Vikram Samvat 1225, Copperplate inscription of Udayaraja and Indradhavala of Vikram Samvat 1254 and Rohtas inscription of Shri Pratapa of Vikram Samvat 1279.[4]
Ruler
The known rulers of the Khayaravala dynasty are as follows:[4]
- Pratap Dhavala[4]
- Udayaraja[4]
- Indradhavala[4]
- Shri Pratapa[4]
Additional images
References
- ^ Prabhu, T. L. (4 August 2019). Majestic Monuments of India: Ancient Indian Mega Structures. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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- ^ JSTOR 44303949.
- ^ Dubey, DP (2016). "Phulavariyā Rock Inscriptions of the Nāyaka Pratāpadhavala of Jāpila". Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India: 46–55.
- ^ a b c d Pal, Sayantani (2019). "Understanding Tribal State Formation in Early Medieval India: A Case Study of the Khayaravalas of Western Bihar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 80: 304–310.