Chronology of Kings of Indraprastha

The kingdom of Indraprastha was ruled by Hindus for 124 generations for a period of 4,157 years, 9 months and 14 days between the event of Mahabharata and the beginning of the Mughal era in 1193 AD. Below is the list of Kings that ruled Indraprastha during this period.

This gives a dating for the end of the Mahabharata war as 2,964 BC.

Lineage of Kings of Indraprastha

30 generations of Raja Yudhisthir ruled Indraprastha for a total of 1770 years, 11 months and 10 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Raja Yudhisthir	36	8	25
2	Raja Parikshit	60	0	0
3	Raja Janmejay	84	7	23
5	Dwateeyram	88	2	8
6	Kshatramal	81	11	27
7	Chitrarath	75	3	18
8	Dushtashailya	75	10	24
9	Raja Ugrasain	78	7	21
10	Raja Shoorsain	78	7	21
11	Bhuwanpati	69	5	5
12	Ranjeet	65	10	4
13	Shrakshak	64	7	4
14	Sukhdev	62	0	24
15	Narharidev	51	10	2
16	Suchirath	42	11	2
17	Shoorsain II	58	10	8
18	Parvatsain	55	8	10
19	Medhawi	52	10	10
20	Soncheer	50	8	21
21	Bheemdev	47	9	20
22	Naraharidev	45	11	23
23	Pooranmal	44	8	7
24	Kardavi	44	10	8
25	Alamamik	50	11	8
26	Udaipal	38	9	0
27	Duwanmal	40	10	26
28	Damaat	32	0	0
29	Bheempal	58	5	8
30	Kshemak	48	11	21

Vishwa, the prime minister of Kshemak, killed Kshemak and took over the kingdom. Fourteen generations of Vishwa ruled for 500 years, 3 Month and 17 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Vishwa	17	3	29
2	Purseni	42	8	21
3	Veerseni	52	10	7
4	Anangshayi	47	8	23
5	Harijit	35	9	17
6	Paramseni	44	2	23
7	Sukhpatal	30	2	21
8	Kadrut	42	9	24
9	Sajj	32	2	14
10	Amarchud	27	3	16
11	Amipal	22	11	25
12	Dashrath	25	4	12
13	Veersaal	31	8	11
14	Veersaalsen	47	0	14

Veersaalsen was killed by his prime minister Veermaha whose 16 generations ruled for 445 years, 5 months and 3 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Raja Veermaha	35	10	8
2	Ajitsingh	27	7	19
3	Sarvadatta	28	3	10
4	Bhuwanpati	15	4	10
5	Veersen	21	2	13
6	Mahipal	40	8	7
7	Shatrushaal	26	4	3
8	Sanghraj	17	2	10
9	Tejpal	28	11	10
10	Manikchand	37	7	21
11	Kamseni	42	5	10
12	Shatrumardan	8	11	13
13	Jeevanlok	28	9	17
14	Harirao	26	10	29
15	Veersen II	35	2	20
16	Adityaketu	23	11	13

Raja Dandhar of Prayaag killed Adityaketu of Magadh. 9 generations of Dhandhar ruled Indraprastha for 374 years, 11 month and 26 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Raja Dhandhar	23	11	13
2	Maharshi	41	2	29
3	Sanrachhi	50	10	19
4	Mahayudha	30	3	8
5	Durnath	28	5	25
6	Jeevanraj	45	2	5
7	Rudrasen	47	4	28
8	Aarilak	52	10	8
9	Rajpal	36	0	0

Rajpal was killed by Samant Mahanpal who ruled for 14 years. Later Mahanpal was killed by Vikramaditya of Ujjain (called Avantika). Vikrmaditya ruled for 93 years. He was later killed by Samudrapal yogi of Paithan. 16 generations of Samudrapal ruled for 372 years, 4 months and 27 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Samudrapal	54	2	20
2	Chandrapal	36	5	4
3	Sahaypal	11	4	11
4	Devpal	27	1	28
5	Narsighpal	18	0	20
6	Sampal	27	1	17
7	Raghupal	22	3	25
8	Govindpal	27	1	17
9	Amratpal	36	10	13
10	Balipal	12	5	27
11	Mahipal	13	8	4
12	Haripal	14	8	4
13	Seespal (also mentioned as Bhimpal in some literature)	11	10	13
14	Madanpal	17	10	19
15	Karmpal	16	2	2
16	Vikrampal	24	11	13

Raja Vikrampal attacked Malukhchand Bohra in the west. Vikrampal was killed by Malukhchand Bohra (from west) in the war. 16 generations of Malukhchand ruled for 191 years, 1 month and 16 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Malukhchand	54	2	10
2	Vikramchand	12	7	12
3	Manakchand	10	0	5
4	Ramchand	13	11	8
5	Harichand	14	9	24
6	Kalyanchand	10	5	4
7	Bhimchand	16	2	9
8	Lovchand	26	3	22
9	Govindchand	31	7	12
10	Rani Padmavati	1	0	0

Rani Padmavati was the wife of Govindchand. She had no child. So her advisors appointed Hariprem Vairagi for the throne. 4 generations of Harimprem ruled for 50 years, 0 month and 12 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Hariprem	7	5	16
2	Govindprem	20	2	8
3	Gopalprem	15	7	28
4	Mahabahu	6	8	29

Mahabahu took sanyas. Hearing the news of his sanyas, Adhisen of Bengal attacked and took over the kingdom of Indraprastha. His lineage ruled for 151 years, 11 months, 2 days.

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Raja Adhisen	18	5	21
2	Vilavalsen	12	4	2
3	Keshavsen	15	7	12
4	Madhavsen	12	4	2
5	Mayursen	20	11	27
6	Bhimsen	5	10	9
7	Kalyansen	4	8	21
8	Harisen	12	0	25
9	Kshemsen	8	11	15
10	Narayansen	2	2	29
11	Lakshmisen	26	10	0
12	Damodarsen	11	5	19

Damodarsen mistreated his umrao Deepsingh who with the help of army revolted and killed Damodarsen. 6 generations of Deepsingh ruled for 107 years, 6 months and 22 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Deepsingh	17	1	26
2	Rajsingh	14	5	0
3	Ransingh	9	8	11
4	Narsingh	45	0	15
5	Harisingh	13	2	29
6	Jeevansingh	8	0	1

Jeevansingh sent his army to the north for some reason. Hearing this news, Prithviraj Chauhan of Vairat attacked Indraprash and killed Jeevansingh. 5 generations of Prathviraj ruled for 86 years, 0 month and 20 days as follows:

	King/Queen	Years	Month	Days
1	Prathviraj	12	2	19
2	Abhayapal	14	5	17
3	Durjanpal	11	4	14
4	Udayapal	11	7	3
5	Yashpal	36	4	27

Sultan Shahbuddin Gauri from Garh Gazni attacked raja Yashpal and imprisoned him in the fort of Prayaag in Vikram Sanvat 1249 (1193 AD). 53 Gauri generations ruled for 745 years, 1 Month and 17 days.

References

• Satyartha Prakash by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
• Source of Satyartha Prakash : A fortnightly magazine Harishchandrika and Mohanchandrika published from Srinathdware in Udaipur-Chittoregarh in Rajasthan in Vikram Sanvat 1939. The editor of this magazine translated this information from another Sanskrit book published in Vikram Sanvat 1782 (1726 AD).
• Conversion from Vikram Samvat to A.D. by Virendra Verma

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