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The Lunar dynasty (IAST: Candravaṃśa) is a legendary principal house of the Kshatriyas varna, or warrior–ruling varna (Social Class) mentioned in the ancient Indian texts.
In Indian culture, the Agnivanshi are people who claim descent from Agni, the Vedic god of fire. The Agnivanshi lineage is one of the lineages among the Rajput clans, the others being the Suryavanshi (descended from Surya, the sun god) and the Chandravanshi (descended from Chandra, the moon god).
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
Katoch is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan. The Katoch Clan is considered to be oldest Ruling Royal Dynasty of the world. Their areas of residence are mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, and the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Traditionally resided in Kangra Fort, Trigarta Kingdom, Jalandhar, Multan. Katoch Rajputs have five sub-clans Jaswal Dynasty, Siba ...
The old identity of this community is Chandravanshi Kshatriya Rajput now known as Chain. King ManSingh and Chain Community :- There were three regional powers during the Mughal period. Akbar, the Mughal emperor of Delhi, was the head of the three regional powers of Bengal, Hyderabad and Ayodhya. Akbar's reign lasted from 1556 to 1604.
It is possible that the 16th-century bards came up with the legend to foster Rajput unity against the Mughal emperor Akbar. [15] Adaptions of the Prithviraj Raso occur in several later works. The Hammira Raso (1728 CE) by Jodharaja, a court poet of prince Chandrabhana of Neemrana, states that once the Kshatriyas (warriors) became extinct. So ...
Chandel or Chandela is a Rajput clan from India. [1] They claim Chandravanshi descent. Families belonging to this clan ruled several kingdoms in north India and held various feudal estates. The most notable of these were the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti, who ruled the Bundelkhand region. [2] [3]
Balouria (Balauria, Balowria, Baloria or Billawaria) is a clan of Chandravanshi Rajputs, claiming descent from the Balauria kings of Basohli princely state. The Chandravanshi Rajputs ruled the modern areas of Billawar, Basohli, and Bhaderwah from around 750 AD until the 19th-century annexation.