The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s3: (3) Cāhamānas of Partabgarh
The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s3
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(3) Cāhamānas of Partabgarh
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This branch is known from the *Partabgarh stone-inscription* of the Pratīhāra emperor Mahendrapāla II,⁵ whose gift of a village for the cult of the goddess Vaṭa-Yakṣiṇī-devī in V. S. 1003 (A.D. 946) is recorded in it. But it also contains references to earlier grants to various shrines attacked to the monastery of Hari-Ṛṣīśvara. We are told that the provincial governor of Mahendrapāla resident at Ujain, at the request of the Cāhamāna *Mahāsāmanta* Indrarāja, granted a village for the cult of Indrādityadeva. The inscription gives the following genealogy of the Cāhamāna chief :
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⁵ Edited by G. S. Ojha, *EI*, Vol. XIV, pp. 160-61. See also *DHNI*, Vol. I, pp. 585 ff.
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``` Princes of the Cāhamān-ānvaya...who were a source of great : pleasure to king Bhojadeva. : Govindarāja
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Durlabharāja
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Indrarāja ```
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This last prince built the great temple of the Sun-god, named after him (*Indr-āditya*), at the village of Ghōṇṭā-Varṣika.¹ As grants are recorded to this temple in V. S. 999 (A.D. 942) it is certain that Indrarāja, built the temple on or before that date.
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¹ Said to be situated in Daśapura (mod. Mandasor). The village has been identified with mod. Ghotarsi, 7 miles east of Partabgarh.
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It appears from the eulogy of Indrarāja's predecessors that his family first rose into importance in the service of Bhoja and his successors. Indrarāja was a vassal of Mahendrapāla II, and was immediately subordinate to the governor of Ujjain. This is apparent from the fact that he had to apply to the latter in order to secure a grant of land for his temple.
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Nothing is known about any possible successors of Indrarāja.