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Dhangavarman (Chandel emperor)
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Dhangavarman (Hindi: धंगवर्मन चन्देल, reign. c. 950-1003 CE), was a Chakravartin emperor of India and Sri Lanka, from the Chandravanshi Haihaya Chandel dynasty. He ruled from his capital at Kalanjara in Jejakabhukti region (present-day in Uttar Pradesh). He defeated Ghaznavid Sultan Subuktigin, when the Hindu confederacy were defeated by Ghaznavids and Subaktigin. Also, he expanded the empire of the Chandel Dynasty from Peshawar in the west to Gauda in east to Kannauj in North to Sri Lanka in the South and made them subordinatives kings of him. He celebrated his success over Peshwar to Sri Lanka by constructing Sri Vishvanath Temple in his architecture capital, Khajuraho,(part of today's Madhya Pradesh).
| Dhangavarman | |||||||||
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| 'Chakravartin Samrat 'Paramabhattaraka-Maharajadhiraja-Parama-Maheshvara Parameshvara-Dharmarajika-Rajnyashrestha-Prajapita-Mahobanaresh-Mahishmatipati-Sri-Kalanjaradhipati' | |||||||||
| 7th Chandel Emperor of Mahoba (2nd term) | |||||||||
| Reign | r. c. 950-1003 CE | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Vakpativarman | ||||||||
| Successor | Gandavarman | ||||||||
| Maharani | (unknown) Devi Chandel (Brahmin Princess of Hindu Shahi Dynasty) | ||||||||
| Sons | Gandavarman | ||||||||
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| Sanskrit | श्रीमत धंगवर्मन देव चन्देल | ||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||
| Service | Chandel Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 950-1003 CE | ||||||||
| Rank | Chakravartin | ||||||||
| House | Haihaya Yadava, Chandravansh | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Chandel | ||||||||
| Father | Vakpativarman | ||||||||
| Mother | Pushpa Devi Chandel (Chauhan princess) | ||||||||
| Religion | Pashupata Shaivite, Hinduism | ||||||||
Early life[edit]
Military conquests[edit]
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- ↑ Tripathi, Rama Shankar; Tripathi, Rama S. (1989). History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-0404-3.
- ↑ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Bishop's College Press. 1878.
- ↑ Annales du musée Guimet: bibliothèque de vulgarisation (in français). 1905.