Chandravarman II (Chandel ruler): Difference between revisions

'''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}}