Kamalaraja

Author: Laxman Burdak IFS (R)

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Kamalaraja (1020-1045 CE) (कमलराज) was Kalachuri King of Ratanpur.

Variants

• Kamala-raja
• Kamalaràja/Kamalarāja

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Kamal = Kamalaraja, Kalachuri King of Ratanpur
• Kamal = Kamalaraja, Kalachuri King of Ratanpur. Mentioned in Pendrabandh Plates Of Pratapamalla - (Kalachuri) Year 965 (=1214 AD).

Ancestry of Ratanpur Kalachuri rulers

Source - 1. Ratanpur Stone Inscription Of Jajalladeva I - (Kalachuri) Year 866 (=1114 AD)

2. Sarkho Plates of Ratnadeva II - Kalachuri year 880 (1128 AD)

3. Mallar stone inscription of Jajalladeva II (Kalachuri) year 919 (1167 AD)

4. Pendrabandh Plates Of Pratapamalla - (Kalachuri) Year 965 (=1214 AD)

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The Ancestry of Ratanpur Kalachuri rulers was as under:

• Kartavirya (Haihayas) →

• Kokalla (lord of Chedi). He had eighteen sons, of whom the eldest became the lord of Tripuri.

• Kalingaraja (1000-1020 CE): Kalingaraja who leaving the ancestral country (Tritsu) conquered Dakshina Kosala. He resided at Tummâna as the place was previously the capital of his ancestors. From him was born Kamalaraja →

• Kamalaraja (1020-1045 CE) → Kalingaraja had a son named Kamalaraja, who had a son named Ratnaraja I.

• Ratnadeva I/Ratnaraja I (रत्नराज) (1045-1065 CE): Ratnaraja I adorned Tummâna with several temples, founded Ratanpura and adorned it with many temples. Ratnadeva I married Nônallâ (नोनल्ला) the daughter of Vajjûka (वज्जूक), the lord of the Kômô-mandala. She bore to him a son name Prithvideva I who succeeded him. →

• Prithvideva I (1065-1090 CE): constructed several temples such as that of Prithvishvara at Tummâna and excavated a large tank at Ratanpura. He married Rajalla (राजल्ला) from whom he had a son named Jajalladeva (I).

• Jajalladeva I (1090-1120 CE) → He defeated Someshvara (सोमेश्वर) of Chakrakota. Jajalladeva I founded a town named Jajallapura (जाजल्लपपुर) (modern Janjgir). His son was the illustrious Ratnadeva II.

• Ratnadeva II (1120-1135 CE) (declared independence) : Ratnadeva II, the father of Prithvîdêva II, defeated Chodaganga (चोडगंग) and Gokarna (गोकर्ण) in battle. Ratnadëva II had a son named Prithvideva II]], whose son Jajalladeva II was ruling when the Mallar record was put up.

• Prithvideva II (1135-1165 CE): After Prithvideva II, the Pendrabandh mentions his son Jagaddeva, omitting the name of his brother Jajalladeva II, probably because he was a collateral. Jagaddeva was succeeded by his son Ratnadëva II, whose son Pratapamalla made the present grant

• Jajalladeva II (1165-1168 CE):

• Jagaddeva (1168-1178 CE): After Prithvideva II, the Pendrabandh mentions his son Jagaddeva, omitting the name of his brother Jajalladeva II, probably because he was a collateral. Jagaddeva was succeeded by his son Ratnadeva III, whose son Pratapamalla made the Pendrabandh grant.

• Ratnadeva III (1178-1200 CE): Jagaddeva was succeeded by his son Ratnadeva II, whose son Pratapamalla made the Pendrabandh grant.

• Pratapamalla (1200-1225 CE): Pendrabandh inscription mentions that Pratapamalla gave a village Kâyathâ (कायठा), situated in the Anargha-mandala to a Brahman on the occasion of the Makara-sanktânti. The plates were issued from the victorious camp at Palasadâ (पलसदा) on Tuesday, the 10th day of the bright fortnight of Mâgha in the (Kalachuri) Year 965 (=1214 AD).