India history and geography

Source: Epigraphia Indica Vol. 1: The Praśasti of Lakkhā Maṇḍal

Senavarman (सेनवर्मन्) is the name of a king belonging to the line of Yadu (the yādavas), according to the Praśasti (eulogy or panegyric) of the temple of Lakkhā Maṇḍal at Maḍhā in the Jaunsār Bāwar district on the Upper Jamnā. Accordingly, the yādava kings of the lunar race (candravaṃśa) had ruled over the Siṅghapura country “since the beginning of the Yuga”.

The son of Senavarman was named Āryavarman whose son was named Dattavarman. Accordingly, “Among the kings, sprung from the race of Yadu, who govern the kingdom of Siṅghapura since (the beginning of) the (Kali) Yuga, arose in the course (of time) a royal sage, named the illustrious Senavarman. His son was an illustrious king with the name Āryavarman, who first after him (his father) proclaimed by his deeds the fact that he kept the vow of an Ārya.”

The Praśasti (600-800 AD) was composed by Bhaṭṭa Vasudeva and incised in the stone by the mason Īśvaraṇāga. It records the dedication of a temple of Śiva by a princess, Īśvarā, who belonged to the royal race of Siṅghapura, for the spiritual welfare of her deceased husband. The latter, called Śrī-Candragupta, was the son of a king of Jālandhara. The greater part of the inscription is taken up by an account of the ancestors.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Varman, Sena, Cena.

Full-text: Aryavarman.

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