The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c6.s1: The Rājas of Assam
The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c6.s1
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- c6.s1.t1 Indravansa Dynasty — 25 parts
The Rājas of Assam
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¹ Given in the Appendix only.
Indravansa Dynasty
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| A.D. | |
| 1230 ? | Chu-kapha, became independent and spread conquests. |
| 1268 | Chu-toupha, son, defeated the Rāja of Kachār. |
| 1281 | Chu-benpha. |
| 1293 | Chu-kangpha. |
| 1332 | Chu-khampha; valley invaded by Muḥammad Shāh, 1337. |
| 1364-9 | Interregnum of five years when the ministers installed |
| 1369 | Chu-taopha, a relation. |
| 1372 | Chu-khāmethepa, a tyrant, killed by his ministers. |
| 1405-14 | Interregnum of nine years. |
| 1414 | Chu-dangpha. |
| 1425 | Chu-jāngpha, his son. |
| 1440 | Chu-phūkpha, his son. |
| 1458 | Chu-singpha, his son. |
| 1485 | Chu-hangpha, his son. |
| 1491 | Chu-simpha, a tyrant, put to death. |
| 1497 | Interregnum, Ḥusain Shāh's invasion, 1498. |
| 1506 | Chu-humpha, a brother, various conquests. |
| 1549 | Chu-klunpha, his son, built Gurgram. |
| 1563 | Chu-khrunpha. |
| 1615 | Chu-chainpha, introduced reforms; protected Dharmanārain. |
| 1640 | Chu-rūmpha, a tyrant, dethroned. |
| 1643 | Chu-chinpha.² |
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² A.S. 1570, A.D. 1648.—Svarganārāyan, also called Pratāpasimha, the Hindu name of Chusingpha (Jenkins) ; he was of the Dehingia family, who took the name of Narain ; the other branch, Toughonent, took the title of Simha.—JP.
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1647 Kuku-raikhoya Gohani, dethroned for his brother. 1665 ? Chuḳum or Jayadhvasiṁha, adopted Hindu faith; defeated Aurangzīb’s general ? 1621¹ Chakradhvaja (or Brija) Siṁha; built fort of Gohāti. 1665 Kodayādityasiṁha. 1677 Parbattia Kunria. 1681 Lorarāja, for some reigns confusion prevailed until 1683 ¹ Gadādharasiṁha; his son Kana set aside. 1689-1713¹ Rudrasiṁha, built Rangpūr and Jorḥāt; his coins first bear Bengālī inscriptions. 1715-21 ¹ S’ivasiṁha, established Hindu festivals. 1723-26 ¹ Phuleśvarī, his wife, acquires sovereign rule. 1729-30 ¹ Pramatheśvaridevī acquires sovereign rule. 1732-36 ¹ Ambikādevī acquires sovereign rule. 1738-43 ¹ Sarveśvaridevī acquires sovereign rule. 1744 ¹ Pramathasiṁha, made equitable land settlement. 1751 ¹ Rajeśvarasiṁha, embellished Rangpūr, allied with Manipūr. 1771 ¹ Lakshmīsiṁha Narendra, younger son, raised and deposed by minister. 1779 ¹ Gaurināthasiṁha, his son. 1792 ¹ Bharatasiṁha Mahāmāri, conquers Rangpūr. 1793 ¹ Sarvānandasiṁha, usurps power at Baingmara. 1796 ¹ Bharatasiṁha attempts to regain power, but is killed. Gaurināthasiṁha, restored by British; died at Jorḥāt. 1808 ¹ Kamaleśvarasiṁha or Kinnarām, not crowned. Rāja Chandrakantasiṁha, fled to Ava. Purandarasiṁha, great-grandson of Rājeśvarasiṁha, expelled by Burmese, and Chandrakanta restored, but deposed again, and Yogeśvarasiṁha, raised by Assamese wife of an Ava monarch under Menghi Maha Theluah, the Burmese general and real governor. 1824 Burmese expelled by the English.
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¹ These dates are confirmed by coins in Marsden’s *Numismata Orientalia* and others in Captain Jenkins’ collection.
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List of the Bāṇa Kings, from the Udayendiram Plates ² of Vijayabāhu Vikramāditya II.—EI. iii, 75. IA. xv, 172 ff.
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² The Udayendiram plates are undated, but may be assigned to about the middle of the twelfth century A.D.
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A.D.
(1) Jayanandivarman.
(2) Vijayāditya I, son of 1.
(3) Malladeva, son of 2.
(4) Bāṇavidyādhara, son of 3, married a granddaughter of the Gaṅga king S’ivamahārāja, who reigned between A.D. 1000 and 1016.
(5) Prabhumerudeva, son of 4.
(6) Vikramāditya I, son of 5.
(7) Vijayāditya II, or Pugalvippavar-Gaṇḍa, son of 6.
(8) Vijayabāhu Vikramāditya II, son of 7.
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*The Bikanīr Rāj, a scion of Jodhpūr.*
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1488 (1) Bikaji Bhikhaji, son of Jodha. 1504 (2) Naroji, nephew of 1. 1504 (3) Laṅkarañjī, brother of 2. 1526 (4) Jaytsiji, son of 3. 1545 (5) Kalyāṇasiṃha, son of 4. 1573 (6) Rāyasiṃha, son of 5. 1611 (7) Dalpatsiṃha, son of 6. 1613 (8) Surasiṃha, brother of 7. 1631 (9) Karṇasiṃha, son of 8. 1669 (10) Anupasiṃha, son of 9. 1698 (11) Sarupasiṃha, son of 10. 1700 (12) Sajjansiṃha, brother of 11. 1735 (13) Jorāwarsiṃha, son of 12. 1746 (14) Gajasiṃha, cousin of 13. 1787 (15) Rājasiṃha, son of 13, poisoned in 13 days by 1787 (16) Suratsiṃha, regent, who usurped the throne. 1828 (17) Ratnasiṃha, son of 16. 1851 (18) Sardarsiṃha, son of 17. 1872 (19) Mahārāja Duṅgasiṃha, descendant of Jorāwarsiṃha. 1887 (20) Mahārāja Gaṅgasiṃha.
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*The Chāhamānas or Chohans of Ajmīr.*—VOJ. vii, 191. EI. ii, 116 ff.
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A.D.
(1) Sāmantarāja.
(2) Jayarāja, son of 1.
(3) Vigraharāja I, son of 2.
(4) Chandrarāja I, son of 3.
(5) Gopendarāja, son of 3.
(6) Durlabha I, son of 4.
(7) Chandrarāja II, son of 6.
(8) Govaka or Guvaka, son of 7.
(9) Chandana, son of 8.
(10) Vākpati I, son of 9. 950 (11) Siṃharāja, son of 10. 974 (12) Vigraharāja II, son of 11.
(13) Durlabha II, son of 11.
(14) Govinda, son of 13.
(15) Vākpati II, son of 14. 1030 (16) Vīryarāma, son of 15. 1085 (17) Durlabha III, son of 16.
(18) Vigraharāja III, son of 16.
(19) Pṛthvīrāja I, son of 18. 1130 (20) Ajayarāja or Salhaṇa, son of 19. 1150 (21) Arṇorāja, son of 20, not of Pṛthvīrāja I, as in the Tables.
(22) Vigraharāja IV, son of 21. 1166 (23) Pṛthivībhaṭa, son of an unnamed son of 21.
(24) Someśvara, son of 21 by Kāñchanadevī of Gujarāt. 1170 (25) Pṛthvīrāja II, son of 24.
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*Chāhamānas or Chohans of Naḍole, from the Inscription of Alhaṇadeva.* JBRAS. xix, 34.
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A.D. 968 (1) S'rī Lakshmaṇa.
(2) Sohiya or Lohiya, son of 1.
(3) Balirāja, son of 2.
(4) Vigrahapāla, son of 1.
(5) Mahendra, son of 4.
(6) Anahila, son of 5.
(7) Bālaprasāda, son of 6.
(8) Jendrarāja, son of 6.
(9) Prithivīpāla, son of 7.
(10) Jojjalla, son of 7.
(11) Āsārāja, son of 7. 1162 (12) Alhaṇadeva, son of 11.
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*The Early and Western Chālukyas of Bādāmi.—FKD., Bom. Gaz., 336.* BD. 61.
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A.D.
(1) Jayasiṁha. 525 (2) Ranarāga, son of 1. 550 (3) Pulikeśin I, son of 2. 567 (4) Kīrtivarman I, son of 3. 597 (5) Maṅgaliśa, son of 3. 609 (6) Pulikeśin II, Western Chālukya, son of 4. 655 (7) Vikramāditya I, Western Chālukya, son of 6. 680 (8) Vinayāditya, Western Chālukya, son of 7. 696 (9) Vijayāditya, Western Chālukya, son of 8. 733 (10) Vikramāditya II, Western Chālukya, son of 9. 747 (11) Kīrtivarman II, Western Chālukya, son of 10.
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*Traditional connection between the Chālukyas of Bādāmi and Kalyāṇa.*
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Vijayāditya. A.D. 696.
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Vikramāditya II, A.D. 733. Bhīma.
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Kīrtivarman II, A.D. 746. Kīrtivarman III.
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Taila I.
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Vikramāditya III.
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Bhīma II.
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Ayyaṇa I.
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Vikramāditya IV.
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Ahavamalla Nūrmaḍi-Taila II.