A copperplate land grant by Raṇasiṃhadeva of the Candrāvatī Paramāras

Balogh, Dániel (2010) A copperplate land grant by Raṇasiṃhadeva of the Candrāvatī Paramāras. Acta Orientalia, 63 (3). pp. 259-273. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

A land grant issued by Raṇasiṃhadeva of the Candrāvatī branch of the Paramāra dynasty in North-West India has recently come to my attention. It contains a genealogy of the Candrāvatī line from Utpalarāja to Raṇasiṃha. This ruler was hitherto known only from one published inscription (the Roheญā plates), and has been thought to be a usurper who briefly snatched the throne from the legitimate ruler Dhārāvarṣa. The grant, dated 1 November 1161 CE, makes no mention of Dhārāvarṣa, calling for a reinterpretation of some ambiguous lines of the Roheญā inscription. It is a possibility that Raṇasiṃha was not a usurper, but ruled as a regent during Dhārāvarṣa’s minority and then willingly handed the throne over to him.

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