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The Naga dynasty is known mainly from the coins issued by its rulers, and from brief mentions in literary texts and inscriptions of the other dynasties. [4] According to the Vayu and the Brahmanda Puranas, nine Naga kings ruled Padmavati (or Champavati), and seven Naga kings ruled Mathura, before the Guptas.
The Puranas mention the Naga king Shesha ("Śeṣa Nāgarāja") as the father of Bhogi, but historian A. S. Altekar theorized that Shesha is a mythical figure (see Shesha and Nagaraja), because the Puranas explicitly describe Vangara as the dynasty's fourth king (if Shesha was a historical king, Vangara would become the fifth king). [2]
Padmavati, the Nāgī queen & companion of Dharanendra; Shwe Nabay (Naga Medaw), a goddess or a Nat spirit in Burmese animistic mythology, who is believed to have married a Naga and died from heartbreak after he left her; Takshaka, the king of the nagas, and ruler of Khandava forest; Ulupi, a companion of Arjuna in the epic Mahabharata
Naga king may refer to Nagaraja , a leader of the Nāga, half-human and half snake beings in Indian religion and mythology King of the dynasty of the Nagas of Padmavati in ancient India
Alexander Cunningham identified Padmavati with present Narwar near Gwalior. [5] M B Garde carried out excavations at Pawaya in 1924-25, 1933–34 and 1941. He identifies Pawaya with ancient Padmavati rejecting Cunningham’s identification with Narwar. [6] [7] Coins of several Naga kings, who have been dated between 210-340 AD, have been found ...
Naga dynasty may refer to these dynasties of ancient India: Nagas of Padmavati , 3rd-4th century in northern India Nagas of Vidisha , 1st-century BCE in central India
9th century Padmavati relief in Chitharal Jain Monuments. Goddess Padmavati along with Ambika and Chakreshvari are held as esteemed deities and worshipped by Jains along with tirthankaras. [7] [8] Ambika and Padmavati are associated with tantric rituals. Both Padmavati and Dharanendra are revered exclusively as powerful intercessor deities. [1]
3.13 Naga Kingdom of Padmavati (c. 170–350 CE) ... Various historical texts provide different lists of the Tomara kings: [26] Khadag Rai's history of Gwalior ...