Draft:Chandravarman I Chandel (ruler)

Chandravarman I Chandel
Chakravartin
Predecessor	Sukdevvarman
Born	225 Samvat (168 CE)
Names Srimant Chandravarman Deva Chandel Regnal name Chandravarman
Sanskrit	श्रीमन्मत् चन्द्रवर्मन देव चन्देल
House	Haihaya Yadava, Chandravansh
Dynasty	Chandel
Father	Sukdevvarman
Religion	Smartha Shaiva, Hinduism

Chandravarman I (Hindi: चन्द्रवर्मन चन्देल (प्रथम), reign. 289-321 CE), (different from the later Chandel ruler Chandravarman II). Born in 168 AD (225 Vikram Samvat) in Chandel Rajput dynasty. He was the Chakravarti Emperor of entire Earth, who revived Dharma. He constructed Mahoba city, Kalinjara fort, reconstructed Kashi Vishvanath temple and built 85 Golden temples.

Life

Early life

Chandravarman was born on the third prahar of the night of Magh Sudi Ekadashi, Vikram Samvat 225 (168 AD). His father's name was Sukadevvarman Dev Chandel and mother's name was Supriya Devi Chandel, who was from a Panduvanshi Rajput family before marriage. He defeated the Shaka ruler Jeevadaman in a war with his father Agnivarman and drove the Shakas out of Mahishmati and confined them to the northern part of Avanti. When he was 16, he fell in love with a Bhargava Brahmin girl named Sulochana. Chandravarman talked about marriage to his priests, but they explained to him that inter-caste marriage is strictly prohibited in Kaliyug, the son becomes a hybrid and the entire clan including the ancestors fall into a severe hell for several Manvantars or Kalpas. But Chandravarman did not agree, he then asked his chief priest, then the chief priest told him, look prince, everything is the wish of Bholenath, what can we do now, we cannot go against religion, right. Hearing this, Chandravarman thought a lot and then he told his girlfriend that I am going to do penance of Mahadev, if it is successful then I will come back. After this, without telling anyone, he went to do penance in the hills of Kalinjar. Then he did severe penance of Lord Shankar. Even after so much penance, when Lord Shankar did not come, Chandravarman cried and called Mahadev loudly and cut off his head and offered it in front of Shivalinga. Then immediately Lord Shankar appeared there and brought him back to life by joining Chandravarman's head again. Then Shiv Ji asked Chandravarman to ask for a boon. As a boon, Chandravarman asked for this boon that his son and his direct descendants should never become a hybrid and his dynasty should never end and be extremely glorious. Then after that Lord Mahadev asked Chandravarman to go and build a fort on the hills of Kalinjar, where Mahadev had once stayed after drinking the poison Halahal. Chandravarman built a grand fort in Kalinjar. Then by then Mahadev, Chandra Dev and the priest of the gods Brihaspati appeared there and the coronation of Chandravarman began. Then Mahadev coronated him and he became the king of Kalinjar. Chandra Dev presented the Paras stone as a gift to this direct and great descendant of his in happiness. Iron could be converted into gold with the Paras stone. After this Chandravarman married Sulochana in the presence of Mahadev. Mahadev ordered Chandravarman that at this time religion is being harmed by the mlechha and many Shudras (who do not have the right to become kings) and unrighteous Kshatriyas have become kings. You should destroy them and re-establish the religion. Then Mahadev gave Chandrahas sword and said, go son, make your dynasty famous in the world and destroy the unrighteous, I am always with you. Saying this, Lord Mahesh disappeared.

Military campaign and reign

According to Mahadev's words, Chandravarman set out with his army of Chandel Rajputs/Kshatriyas to conquer the world and establish religion by killing the unrighteous. He reestablished Dharma by killing all the Mlechchha and Shudra kings. While returning, he asked the sons of those Mlechchha kings to return to the path of religion and made them their subordinate kings and returned to Kalinjar. Then he performed Rajsuya Yagya and became Ekshatra Chakravarti Emperor. Thereafter, he rebuilt 85 golden temples and Kashi Vishwanath temple. Chandravarman saw Lord Chandradev after the yagya on the full moon day. Chandradev said to Chandravarman, O Chandel Kulbhushan, ask for boon, what do you want? Chandravarman asked in his boon, O Pitamah, I wish that the fame of my dynasty should remain forever, that my descendants should do such great deeds to protect the religion and carry forward the name of the clan and there should be victory and even if there is death in the war, then it would be great bravery. Died while showing. Then Chandra Dev gave a boon and said, O Chandelkulbhushan Chandravarman! I make a rule, you should consider it as a promise, as long as this rule is not broken by the Kshatriyas of your great, most sacred Chandel Yadav dynasty, your dynasty will not fall, this is my boon. Here are those rules: 1. After the Yajnopavit Sanskar in adolescence, all the Chandel Kshatriyas of the royal family and their direct descendants used the word Varman and other Chandel Kshatriyas used the word Varma in front of their names. 2. He will not eat meat 3. He will not have any kind of physical relationship with any woman other than his own wife. 4. He will not drink meat. 5. He will not kill Brahmins. 6. He must not violate religion in any way.

These thing are strictly prohibited for Chandel men and their wife. All Chandels should not leave these rules under any circumstances and remain strictly religious. He then gave Chandravarman a divine bow similar to Saranga bow. Chandravarman went to the area of tribal Gonds away from Kalanjar, settled it there and built a grand city and made it the military capital of Chandels. The people of that place celebrated a big festival that day to celebrate the transformation of a tribal area into a city and the city was named Mahotsav and Mahoba. Chandravarman Dev got a son from his pregnant wife Sulochana Devi Chandel (Bhargava Brahmin) on the full moon day, whom both of them named Rudravarman. Emperor Chandravarman had 2 generals, one was named Sindhusharma, who was a Saryuparin Bhardwaj gotra Brahmin and the other was Sumant Sharma, who was a Kanyakubjiya Vasishtha gotra Brahmin.

About three centuries after the reign of Emperor Vikramaditya, the originator of Vikram Samvat, Shrimatparambhattark Maharajadhiraj Chandravarman became a Kshetra emperor of India. To commemorate the victory of Bengal, he established 'Vishnu Dhwaj' on a mountain named 'Vishnupad' near the Vyas river in today's Punjab province. Later, his successors established an iron pillar, which was later converted by the ruler of Delhi, Anangpal Tomar, and installed at a place called Mehrauli, The inscription engraved on it is an indication of the intact glory of Shrimat Parambhattarak Maharajadhiraja Chandravarman -

यस्योद्वर्त्तयतः प्रतीप मुरसा शत्रुन्समे त्यागतान् बङ्गेष्वाहववर्तिनोभिलिखिता खड्गेन कीर्तिर्भुजे। तीर्खासप्तमुखानि एन समरे सिन्धोर्जिता वाह्निका यस्याद्यापिधिवास्यते जलनिधिः वीर्य्यानिलैः दक्षिणः ।। 22

Emperor Chandravarman had kept one thousand seven hundred and sixty kings under his control as per the formula 'Nabh = 0, Ritu = 6, Rishi = 7, Brahma = 1' i.e. 'Ankanam Vamto Gatih' and had also started 'Chandel Samvat'.