Posts in Kamboja Kings Category

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  • Dharmapala Kamboja - Last Ruler of Kamboja Pala Dynasty
  • Dharmapala Kamboja - Last Ruler of Kamboja Pala Dynasty


    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
  • Kamboja Gaudapatis - The Kamboja Ruler


    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
  • Kamboja Prince Parpakash


    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...



  • Chandravarma Kamboja
  • Chandravarma Kamboja


    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
  • Maharaja Sudakshina Kamboja


    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
  • Kamboja Kings of Mahabharata


    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
  • Parama Kamboja Kingdom


    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
  • Kamboja Kingdom


    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...