Chandravarman II (Chandel ruler): Difference between revisions

| succession  = 2nd founder of Chandel Kingdom of Mahoba

| predecessor  = [[Mahendravarman II (Chandel ruler)|Mahendravarman II]]

| successor = [[Vakpativarman (Chandel ruler)|Vakpativarman]]

| issue        = [[Vakpativarman (Chandel ruler)|Vakpativarman]]

| full name    = Srimant Chandravarman Deva Chandel II

| native_lang1_name1 = '''श्रीमन्मत् चन्द्रवर्मन देव चन्देल द्वितीय'''

| father      = [[Mahendravarman II (Chandel ruler)|Mahendravarman II]]

'''Chandravarman II Chandel'''  ([[Hindi]]: चन्द्रवर्मन चन्देल (द्वितीय), reign. 831–845 AD) also known as Nannuka or Nannukavarman, Different from earlier Chandel ruler [[Chandravarman I Chandel (ruler)|Chandravarman I]]), was the ruler of the [[Chedi Kingdom|Chandel dynasty]]. His main achivement was against the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasids]]. In 833 AD, on the side of the Pratiharas, he attacked [[Baghdad]], the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] of Arabia, destroyed it and killed 7 of their generals and burnt the palace, while there Caliph [[al-Mu'tasim]] hid somewhere out of fear. He also defeated Pratiharas and founded the [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti|Chandel Kingdom of Mahoba]] again.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradesh (India) |first=Uttar |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Uttar_Pradesh_District_Gazetteers_Hamirp.html?id=ABNuAAAAMAAJ |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hamirpur |date=1988 |publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gangoly |first=Ordhendra Coomar |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Art_of_the_Chandelas.html?id=leBOAAAAYAAJ |title=The Art of the Chandelas |date=1957 |publisher=Rupa |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Dikshit|1976|p=25}}

According to 6th cen. Book Sashivansh Vinod and Bilaspur inscription [[Hariharvarman (Chandel ruler)|Hariharvarman]], a Chandravanshi Chandel Rajput king from Chandeli (from the city of Chandels, now Chanderi in bundeli prakrit) in the lineage of Chedi/Chandel king [[Shishupala]], made his elder son [[Govindvarman (Chandel ruler)|Govindvarman]] the king of his kingdom before leaving [[Kahlur]], while he took the remaining four sons with him to the temple of [[Naina Devi]] where he formed the new kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XEduAAAAMAAJ&q=govind+chand+kumaon&dq=govind+chand+kumaon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRk7GFtMb8AhVqwnMBHb5EBOoQ6AF6BAgIEAM|title=Himachal Pradesh|last=India|first=Anthropological Survey of|date=1996|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7304-094-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=01UoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=bir+Chand+bilaspur&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2nYfStMb8AhWDh-YKHaRyCGkQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=Chandel%20&f=false|title=Chiefs and Families of Note in the Dehli [sic], Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat Divisions of the Panjab|last=Massy|first=Charles Francis|date=1890|publisher=Printed at the Pioneer Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=eS6gtbhj9cIC&q=bir+Chand+bilaspur&dq=bir+Chand+bilaspur&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiph7eMu8b8AhV9xXMBHZISB8Y4ChDoAXoECAoQAw#Chandel|title=Census of India, 1991: Una|date=1995|publisher=Controller of Publications|language=hi}}</ref> In the lineage of Govindvarman, king Mahendravarman II born whoose son was Chandravarman II. ChandravarmanII's beruda Nannuka (Nannukavarman) is mentioned as the Kingdom's founder in two inscriptions found at Khajuraho, dated [[Vikrama Samvat]] 1011 (954 CE) and 1059 (1002 CE). These two inscriptions, eulogistic in nature, do not provide much information of historical value.{{sfn|Dikshit|1976|p=25}}