House of Kalachuri | |
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Parent house | House of Haiheya (claimed) |
Country | Kingdom of Malwa Cadet branches: Kingdom of Dahala Kingdom of Ratnapura Kingdom of Kalyani |
Founded | 550 |
Founder | Krishnaraja |
Final ruler | Buddharaja (main line) Mohansingh (cadet branch) |
Dissolution | 625 (main line) 1758 (cadet branch) |
Cadet branches | House of Kalachuri–Tripuri House of Kalachuri–Kalyani House of Kalachuri–Ratnapura |
The Kalachuri dynasty, also known as Kalachuris of Malwa[2] or Mahismati, or the Early Kalachuris, was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Malwa between 6th and 7th centuries. The territory ruled by them included parts of present-day Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Their capital was located at Mahishmati. Epigraphic and numismatic evidence suggests that the earliest of the Ellora and Elephanta cave monuments were built during the Kalachuri rule.
The origin of the dynasty is uncertain. In the 6th century, the Kalachuris gained control of the territories formerly ruled by the Guptas, the Vakatakas and the Vishnukundinas. Only three Kalachuri kings are known from inscriptional evidence: Shankaragana, Krishnaraja, and Buddharaja. The Kalachuris lost their power to the Chalukyas of Vatapi in the 7th century. One theory connects the later Kalachuri dynasties of Tripuri and Kalyani to the Kalachuris of Mahishmati.
There were five branches of the dynasty, namely the Kalachuris of Malwa with their capital at Mahishmati or Maheshwar
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