Posts in Kamboja Kings Category

King Srindra Varmana Kamboja

• May 21st, 2015
• Deepak Kamboj

King Srindra Varmana Kamboja

Dharmapala Kamboja - Last Ruler of Kamboja Pala Dynasty

• Aug 27th, 2014
• Deepak Kamboj

One king named Dharmapala ruling in Dandabhukti finds mention in the Tirmulai Inscription of Rajendra Chola which he issued in his 13th regnal year (about 1025 AD).[11][12][13][14][15] Scholars identify this Dharmapala of the Tirmulai Inscription with the Dharmapala of the Kamboja-Pala Dynasty ruling in Dandabhukti in...

Kamboja Gaudapatis - The Kamboja Ruler

• Apr 3rd, 2014
• Deepak Kamboj

Kamboja Gaudapatis a dynasty of rulers known to have ruled parts of western and northern Bengal sometime towards the end of the 10th century AD, before the accession of the Pala king Mahipala I (c 995-1043 AD) or during the early part of his reign. The most important information provided by Mahipala’s copperplates...

Kamboja Prince Parpakash

• Mar 3rd, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

The fourth prince of the Kambojas referenced in the Mahabharata is the younger brother of the illustrious prince Sudakshina Kamboja. In the Epic poetry|epic, this prince is simply addressed as Kamboja, but according to Pandit Bhagavadatta Sharma, the real name of the prince was Parpakash Kamboja (Bharata ka Itihaas, p...

Kamatha, King of Kamboja

• Mar 3rd, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Chandravarma Kamboja

• Mar 3rd, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Chandravarma Kamboja is the first Kamboja king mentioned by name in the Mahabharata. He appears to have been an ancient and very powerful ruler of the Kambojas. He finds mention in the Adiparva section of the Epic poetry|epic where he is stated to be an Asura or a demonic ruler (See main entry candra in Monier-Williams...

Maharaja Sudakshina Kamboja

• Mar 3rd, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

King Draupida of Panchala had advised Yudhishtra to send messengers to Kamboja and other neighbouring tribes to seek their military help before Duryodhana could do the same (MBH 5.4.18), but it appears that Duryodhana had pre-empted the show and wrested the initiative from the Pandavas. Sudakshina was not committed to...

Kamboja Kings of Mahabharata

• Mar 2nd, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

The Kamboja and Gandhara kingdoms, being located in the extreme Uttarapatha of Madhyadesha or Aryanvarta, the Madhyadesha writers were not as familiar with these extreme kingdoms as they were with interior ones. Hence we have limited information on the ‘personal names’ of the Kamboja/Gandhara kings but especially...

Parama Kamboja Kingdom

• Mar 8th, 2019
• Deepak Kamboj

Drona Parava (????? ????) of Mahabharata refers to 6000 soldiers from the Parama Kamboja group who had sided with the Pandavas (???????) against the Kauravas (??????) in the Kurukshetra war (???????????). They have been described as "very handsome, very fortunate Kambojas" (prabhadrakastu Kambojah),[2] extremely fierce...

Kamboja Kingdom

• Feb 26th, 2009
• Deepak Kamboj

Kamboja or Kamvoja is a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata. Western kingdoms were cold countries and people used blankets. They also reared sheep and drank sheep milk. Kamboja Horses were of excellent quality. Their horses and even horsemen were used in the wars between kings of Aryavarta...