2010/08/25 by Dániel Balogh · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Indian and Buddhist Studies #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Ruler #Throne #Reinterpretation #Regent #Land grant #Ancient history #History #Art #Genealogy #Law #Political science #Public administration #Politics
paper · doi:10.1556/aorient.63.2010.3.3
openalex publication_date 2010/08/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/04
A land grant issued by Raṇasiṃhadeva of the Candrāvatī branch of the Paramāra dynasty in North-West India has recently come to my attention. It contains a genealogy of the Candrāvatī line from Utpalarāja to Raṇasiṃha. This ruler was hitherto known only from one published inscription (the Roheญā plates), and has been thought to be a usurper who briefly snatched the throne from the legitimate ruler Dhārāvarṣa. The grant, dated 1 November 1161 CE, makes no mention of Dhārāvarṣa, calling for a reinterpretation of some ambiguous lines of the Roheญā inscription. It is a possibility that Raṇasiṃha was not a usurper, but ruled as a regent during Dhārāvarṣa’s minority and then willingly handed the throne over to him.