Mahindu

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Mahindu
King of Naddula
Reignc. 994-1015 CE
Predecessor Vigrahapala
Successor Ashvapala
Dynasty Chahamanas of Naddula
FatherVigrahapala

Mahindu (r. c. 994-1015 CE), also known as Mahendra or Mahindra, was an Indian king belonging to the Naddula Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the area around Naddula (present-day Nadol in Rajasthan).

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Reign

Mahindu succeeded his father Vigrahapala on the throne of Naddula. [1]

According to the Bijapur inscription of the Hastikundi Rashtrakuta prince Dhavala, a ruler named Mahendra helped him against Durlabharaja. F. Kielhorn identified this Mahendra with Mahindu, the king of Naddula. D. R. Bhandarkar identified Durlabharaja as Durlabharaja Chaulukya. [2] However, historian Dasharatha Sharma points out that Durlabharaja Chaulukya had not ascended the throne when this inscription was issued. Sharma, therefore, identified Durlabharaja as Durlabharaja Chahamana, [3]

Dhavala seems to have been a close ally of Mahindu, and helped him against the Paramara king Munja. [4]

Hemachandra's legend

Dvyashrya-Kavya, a legendary text by the Chaulukya court scholar Hemachandra, states that Mahendra-raja organized a swayamvara (husband-choosing ceremony) for his sister Durlabha-devi. Besides Durlabharaja, he invited the rulers of Anga, Andhra, Kashi, Kuru, Mathura and Ujjayini to this ceremony. Durlabha-devi chose Durlabharaja as her husband. Out of jealousy, the other invitees formed a confederacy and attacked his contingent, while he was returning to his capital. Durlabharaja defeated their combined army. [5] Mahindu's younger daughter Lakshmi-devi married Nagaraja, the younger brother of Durlabharaja. [4]

On basis of this legend, historian R. B. Singh theorizes that the Chahamana-Chaulukya rivalry concluded with a matrimonial alliance. [2] He also concludes that Mahindu was a powerful ruler, because of which several distant kings responded to the swayamvara invitation. [4]

Other historians doubt the historicity of this legend. According to A. K. Majumdar, the king of Naddula was a relatively insignificant ruler, and it is hard to believe that so many major rulers left their kingdoms to attend his ceremony at a time when northern India was under attacks from Mahmud of Ghazni. [6] Moreover, it is unlikely that Durlabharaja would have been able to defeat a confederacy of all these powerful kings. [7] [8]

Successors

Mahindu had two sons: Ashvapala and Anahilla. [4] He was succeeded by Ashvapala, followed by Ashvapala's son Ahila. Anahilla succeeded Ahila on the throne of Naddula. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Dasharatha Sharma 1959, p. 123.
  2. 1 2 R. B. Singh 1964, p. 240.
  3. ↑ Dasharatha Sharma 1959, p. 124.
  4. 1 2 3 4 R. B. Singh 1964, p. 241.
  5. ↑ Asoke Kumar Majumdar 1956, p. 40.
  6. ↑ Asoke Kumar Majumdar 1956, pp. 40-41.
  7. ↑ Krishna Narain Seth 1978, pp. 133-134.
  8. ↑ Mahesh Singh 1984, p. 41.
  9. ↑ R. B. Singh 1964, p. 242.

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