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{{short description|15th century chronicle of the Kings of Tripura, written in Kokborok verse}}
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'''''Rajmala''''' is a [[chronicle]] of the [[Kings of Tripura]], written in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] verse in the 15th century under [[Dharma Manikya I]].<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_124.gif Hill Tippera - History] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1909, v. 13, p. 118.</ref>

==Overview==
The ''Rajmala'' chronicles the history of the [[Manikya dynasty|Manikya kings]] of Tripura. While it serves as an invaluable source of information for the region, its historical accuracy in some aspects has been doubted.<ref name="Bareh2001">{{cite book|last=Bareh|first=Hamlet|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk8kq9PUapkC&pg=PA150|year=2001|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-795-5|page=150}}</ref><ref name="BezbaruahBanerjee2008">{{cite book|last1=Bezbaruah|first1=Ranju|last2=Banerjee|first2=Dipankar|title=North-East India: interpreting the sources of its history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inwMAQAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Indian Council of Historical Research|isbn=978-81-7305-295-8|page=154}}</ref>

The text is split up into six parts, written over the course of several centuries under the patronage of different Tripura monarchs. It was initially commissioned by [[Dharma Manikya I]] in 1458,<ref name="Saigal1978">{{cite book|last=Saigal|first=Omesh|title=Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGlHnr4j9IMC&pg=PA30|year=1978|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=Delhi|page=30|id=GGKEY:21RCWSTGZKJ}}</ref> who bestowed the task upon the royal priest Durlabhendra and two [[Brahman]] [[pandit]]s, Sukheshwar and Baneshwar. Their work formed the first part of the text and covered the traditional period of Tripura's history and incorporated various mythological accounts. Subsequent portions were composed during the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries under [[Amar Manikya]], [[Govinda Manikya]] , [[Krishna Manikya]] and [[Kashi Chandra Manikya]] respectively. The entire revised text was finally compiled by Durgamoni Uzir during the reign of [[Krishna Kishore Manikya]] in the mid-19th-century.<ref name="MominMawlong2006">{{cite book|last1=Momin|first1=Mignonette|last2=Mawlong|first2=Cecile A.|last3=Qādrī|first3=Fuz̤ail Aḥmad|title=Society and Economy in North-East India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOfZAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-89233-40-2|page=80}}</ref><ref name="Roychoudhury1983">{{cite book|last=Roychoudhury|first=Nalini Ranjan|title=Tripura Through the Ages: A Short History of Tripura from the Earliest Times to 1947 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0dAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sterling|page=109}}</ref>

==Royal genealogy==
The Rajmala presents a list of 149 kings of Twipra as of 1431. The first king of the chronicle is [[Chandra]], the Moon himself; the seventh is [[Druhyu]], one of the sons of [[Yayati]], a [[Lunar dynasty]] in mythology.
The 46th king is called ''Tripur'' (''Tripura'') as a kind of mythological [[eponymous ancestor]] of the Sanskritic name of the kingdom.
The list of historical kings begins with the 145th king, [[Ratna Manikya I|Ratna Fa]] (fl. 1280). He was the first to assume the title ''Manikya'' and as such can be considered the founder of the [[Manikya Dynasty]].

===Mythological or legendary kings===
{| class = "wikitable"
|-
!Sl. No.||Name of King||Sl. No.||Name of King
|-
|1.||[[Chandra]]||26.||Basuman
|-
|2.||[[Budha|Budh]]||27.||Keerti
|-
|3.||[[Pururavas|Pururoba]] - I||28.||Kaniyan
|-
|4.||Ayu||29.||Pratishraba
|-
|5.||[[Nahusha]]||30.||Pratishtho
|-
|6.||[[Yayati]]||31.||Shakrajit (Shatrujit)
|-
|7.||[[Druhyu]]||32.||Pratirddan
|-
|8.||[[Babhru]]||33.||Pramath
|-
|9.||Setu||34.||Kalinda
|-
|10.||[[Anarta]]||35.||Kromo (Krath)
|-
|11.||[[Gandhar (king)|Gandhar]]||36.||Mitrari
|-
|12.||[[Dharmma ]](Gharma)||37.||Baribarha
|-
|13.||Dhrita (Ghrita)||38.||Karmuk
|-
|14.||Durmad||39.||Kalang (Kalinga)
|-
|15.||Pracheta||40.||Bhishan
|-
|16.||Parachi(Shata Dharma)||41.||Bhanumitra
|-
|17.||Parabasu||42.||Chitrasen (Agha Chitrasen)
|-
|18.||Parishad||43.||Chitrarath
|-
|19.||Arijit||44.||Chitrayudh
|-
|20.||Sujit||45.||Daitya
|-
|21.||Pururoba - II||46.||[[Tripur Sura]]
|-
|22.||Bibarn||47.||Subrai (Trilochan)
|-
|23.||Puru Sen||48.||Dakshin
|-
|24.||Megh Barna||49.||Twidakshin
|-
|25.||Bikarna||50.||Sudakshin
|}

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
!Sl. No.||Name of King||Sl. No.||Name of King
|-
|51.||Tardakshin||76.||Muchung Fa (Harihar)
|-
|52.||Dharmataru (Dharmatar)||77.||Maichung Fa (Chandrashekhar)
|-
|53.||Dharmapal||78.||Chandraraj (Tabhuraj or Tarurai)
|-
|54.||Sadharma (Sudharma)||79.||Tarfanai (Tripaly)
|-
|55.||Tarbong||80.||Sumanta
|-
|56.||Debang||81.||Roopabanat (Shretha)
|-
|57.||Narangita||82.||Tarham (Tarhom)
|-
|58.||Dharmangad||83.||Kha Ham (Hariraj)
|-
|59.||Rukmangad||84.||Kotor Fa (Kashiraj)
|-
|60.||Somangad||85.||Kalator Fa (Madhob)
|-
|61.||Nojugrai (Nogjog)||86.||Chandra Fa (Chandraraj)
|-
|62.||Torjung||87.||Gajeshwar
|-
|63.||Tor Raj (Rajdharma)||88.||Beerraj - II
|-
|64.||Hamraj||89.||Nageshwar (Nagpati)
|-
|65.||Birraj||90.||Sikhiraj (Siksharaj)
|-
|66.||Shriraj||91.||Debraj
|-
|67.||Shriman (Shrimanta)||92.||Dhusrang (Durasha or Dhara Ishwar)
|-
|68.||Lakshmitaru||93.||Barkeerti (Birraj or Biraj)
|-
|69.||Tarlakshmi (Roopban)||94.||Sagar Fa
|-
|70.||Mailakshmi (Lakshmiban)||95.||Maloy Chandra
|-
|71.||Nageshwar||96.||Surjyarai (Surjya Narayan)
|-
|72.||Jogeshwar||97.||Achong Fanai (Indra Keerti or Uttang Fani)
|-
|73.||Ishwar Fa (Neeldhwaj)||98.||Beer Singha (Charachar)
|-
|74.||Rangkhai (Basuraj)||99.||Hachung Fa (Achang Fa or Surendra)
|-
|75.||Dhanraj Fa||100.||Bimar
|-
|}

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
!Sl. No.||Name of King
|-
|101.||Kumar
|-
|102.||Sukumar
|-
|103.||Twisarao (Beerchandra or Toksarao)
|-
|104.||Rajyeshwar (Rajeshwar)
|-
|105.||Nageshwar (Misliraj or Krodheshwar)
|-
|106.||Twisong Fa (Tejong Fa)
|-
|107.||Narendra
|-
|108.||Indrakeerti
|-
|109.||Biman (Paimaraj)
|-
|110.||Yashoraj
|-
|111.||Gandhar
|-
|112.||Gangaraj (Rajganga)
|-
|113.||Sukurai (Chitrasen or Chhakru Rai)
|-
|114.||Pratit
|-
|115.||Misli (Marichi, Malsi or Marusom)
|-
|116.||Gagan (Kathuk)
|-
|117.||Keerjit (Noaraj or Nabrai)
|-
|}

*118. Hamtor Fa (Jujaru Fa or Himti or Birraj), see also [[Twipra Era]]
*119. Jangi Fa (Rajendra or Janak Fa)
*120. Partha (Debrai or Debraj)
*121. Sebrai
*122. Durgur Fa (Dankuru Fa, Harirai, Kirit, Adhidharma Fa)
*123. Kharung Fa (Kurung Fa, Ramchandra)
*124. Sengfanai (Nrisingha, Singhafani)
*125. Lalit Rai
*126. Mukunda Fa (Kunda Fa)
*127. Kamal Rai
*128. Krishnadas
*129. Jash Fa (Jashoraj)
*130. Muchung Fa (Udwab)
*131. Sadhu Rai
*132. Pratap Rai
*133. Vishnuprasad
*134. Baneshwar (Baneeshwar)
*135. Beerbahu
*136. Samrat
*137. Champakeshwar (Champa)
*138. Meghraj (Megh)
*139. Sengkwchak (Dharmadhar)
*140. Sengthum Fa (Kirtidhar, Singhatung Fa)
*141. Achong Fa (Rajsurjya, Kunjaham Fa)
*142. Khichung Fa (Mohon)
*143. Dangar Fa (Harirai)
*144. Raja Fa

===Historical kings===
:''see [[List of Tripuri Kings]] for the post-Rajmala kings.''
*145. Ratna Fa ([[Ratna Manikya I|Ratna Manikya]]) fl. 1280
*146. [[Pratap Manikya II|Pratap Manikya]]
*147. [[Mukut Manikya]] (Mukunda)
*148. [[Maha Manikya]]
*149. [[Dharma Manikya I|Dharma Manikya]] fl. 1430

==See also==
* [[Tripura]]
* [[Tripuri people]]
*[[Tripura (princely state)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tripura.com Tripura.com]

[[Category:History of Tripura]]
[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]

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