[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c28.3 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.3 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.3) Hem-rāj, the \*purohit\* of Indrajit, the Gaharwar \*rājā\* of Benares, had a daughter named Hemāvatī. She "was very beautiful, and one day when she went to bathe in the Rāti Tālāb, she was seen and embraced by \*Candramā\* (the Moon); as he was preparing to return to the skies, Hemāvatī cursed him. 'Why do you curse me?' said Candramā, 'your son will be lord of the earth, and from him will spring a thousand branches.' Hemāvatī enquired: 'How shall my dishonour be effaced when I am without a husband?' 'Fear not,' replied Candramā, 'your son will be born on the bank of the Karṇavatī river; then take him to Khajurāya, and offer him as a gift and perform a sacrifice. In Mahoba (Mahotsavanagara) he will reign, and will become a great king . . . . . On the hill of Kālañjara he will build a fort'..."¹ A copy of \*the Mahobā-Khaṇḍ\* consulted by Cunningham, gave the date of the coronation of this child, who was named Candra-varmā, as \*Saṁvat\* 225.¹ The traditions preserved by the family of the Qānungo of Mahoba inform us that Candra-varmā overthrew the Parihārs in Bundelkhand.² The genealogies preserved in the official charters of the Candella princes, however, are ignorant of the existence of this prince. Thus the Khajraho stone inscription of Dhaṅga (V.S. 1011) gives the following account of the origin of the dynasty³:— - [Previous: v2.c28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.2) - [Next: v2.c28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.4) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Khajuraho fragment of a stone inscription of Harshadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.central.candella.khajuraho-fragment-of-a-stone-inscription-of-harshadeva) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.3) · Pramāṇa