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Vidyādhara

Chandelā king

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history of India

  • India
    In India: The Rajputs of India

    Dhanga’s grandson Vidyadhara (reigned 1017–29), often described as the most powerful of the Chandella kings, extended the kingdom as far as the Chambal and Narmada rivers. There he came into direct conflict with the Turkic conqueror Maḥmūd of Ghazna when the latter swept down from Afghanistan in…

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