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Lingayat, also known as Veerashaiva / ˈ v ɪər ə ʃ aɪ v ə /, are a community in India who adhere to Lingayatism, not a sect under Hinduism. This is a list of notable Lingayats: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
A Hindu kingdom was described as formed from seven "limbs": [4] the king himself (svāmī). The king typically represented the kshatria, a class of warrior aristocracy in the four varnas caste system. [4] Hindu kingships usually did not have a priest-king, as the priestly duties were mostly performed by brahmins; [5] king's ministers (amātyas);
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
Various historical texts provide different lists of the Tomara kings: [26] Khadag Rai's history of Gwalior (Gopācala ākhyāna) names 18 Tomara kings, plus Prithvi Pala (who is probably the Chahamana king Prithviraja III). According to Khadag Rai, Delhi was originally ruled by the legendary king Vikramaditya. It was deserted for 792 years ...
This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters.. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] godman," [1] by author David Smith.
Chach of Alor – Hindu king of Sindh and was the founder of Brahman dynasty. [391] Raja Dahir – last Brahmin king of Sindh who sacrificed his life fighting for Hindustan against Arab invasion [392] [393] Hemu – Indian king who fought Afghan rebels and Mughal forces of Humayun and Akbar [394]
The Indian concept of chakravarti later evolved [citation needed] into the concept of devaraja – the divinity of kings – which was adopted by the Indianised Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of Southeast Asia through Hindu Brahmin scholars deployed from India to their courts.
Bhagiratha said to be the legendary king of the Ikshvaku dynasty, who brought the river Ganga, personified as the river goddess Ganga, to Earth from the heavens; Raghu II, whose descendants are known as Raghuvaṃśa. The Valmiki Ramayana refers to Raghukula, a clan of this king; Aja, son of King Raghu and grandfather of Rama.