Chandel (Rajput clan): Difference between revisions

The '''Chandel''' or '''Chandela''' is a [[Rajput]] clan of India who belong to Vrishni clan of [[Haihaya]] race.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mcvhwD5QZKEC&pg=PA172 |title=Frontiers in Migration Analysis |author=R. B. Mandal |publisher=Concept |year=1981 |page=172 }}</ref>{{sfn|R. B. Mandal|(1981). Frontiers in Migration Analysis. Concept. p. 172. }} They were the highest clan among [[Lunar dynasty]] and the chief of the [[Chandra]] tribe. Families belonging to this clan ruled many states in India and occupied various feudal estates. The most notable of these Chandel royal family is [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti|  Chandel Empire]], who ruled India from [[Jejakabhukti]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yaman ) |first=डॉ अशोक कुमार ‘यमन’ ( Dr Ashok Kumar |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=eT1YEAAAQBAJ&dq=chandel+are+chandravanshi+cv+vaidya&pg=PA13&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=chandel%20are%20chandravanshi%20cv%20vaidya&f=false |title=मध्यकालीन भारतीय संगीत का इतिहास ( Madhyakalin Bharatiya Sangeet ka Itihas ) |date=2022-01-08 |publisher=Kalpana Prakashan |language=hi}}</ref>