The kingdom of Indraprastha was ruled by Hindus for 124 generations for a period of 4,157 years, 9 months and 14 days between the event of Mahabharata and the beginning of the Muslim era in 1193 AD. Below is the list of Kings that ruled Indraprastha during this period.
This gives a dating for the end of the Mahabharata war as 2,964 BC.
Lineage of Kings of Indraprastha
30 generations of Raja Yudhisthir ruled Indraprastha for a total of 1770 years, 11 months and 10 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | Days | |
1 | Raja Yudhisthir | 36 | 8 | 25 |
2 | Raja Parikshit | 60 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Raja Janmejay | 84 | 7 | 23 |
4 | Ashwamedh | 82 | 8 | 22 |
5 | Dwateeyram | 88 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Kshatramal | 81 | 11 | 27 |
7 | Chitrarath | 75 | 3 | 18 |
8 | Dushtashailya | 75 | 10 | 24 |
9 | Raja Ugrasain | 78 | 7 | 21 |
10 | Raja Shoorsain | 78 | 7 | 21 |
11 | Bhuwanpati | 69 | 5 | 5 |
12 | Ranjeet | 65 | 10 | 4 |
13 | Shrakshak | 64 | 7 | 4 |
14 | Sukhdev | 62 | 0 | 24 |
15 | Narharidev | 51 | 10 | 2 |
16 | Suchirath | 42 | 11 | 2 |
17 | Shoorsain II | 58 | 10 | 8 |
18 | Parvatsain | 55 | 8 | 10 |
19 | Medhawi | 52 | 10 | 10 |
20 | Soncheer | 50 | 8 | 21 |
21 | Bheemdev | 47 | 9 | 20 |
22 | Naraharidev | 45 | 11 | 23 |
23 | Pooranmal | 44 | 8 | 7 |
24 | Kardavi | 44 | 10 | 8 |
25 | Alamamik | 50 | 11 | 8 |
26 | Udaipal | 38 | 9 | 0 |
27 | Duwanmal | 40 | 10 | 26 |
28 | Damaat | 32 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Bheempal | 58 | 5 | 8 |
30 | Kshemak | 48 | 11 | 21 |
Vishwa, the prime minister of Kshemak, killed Kshemak and took over the kingdom. Fourteen generations of Vishwa ruled for 500 years, 3 Month and 17 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | Days | |
1 | Vishwa | 17 | 3 | 29 |
2 | Purseni | 42 | 8 | 21 |
3 | Veerseni | 52 | 10 | 7 |
4 | Anangshayi | 47 | 8 | 23 |
5 | Harijit | 35 | 9 | 17 |
6 | Paramseni | 44 | 2 | 23 |
7 | Sukhpatal | 30 | 2 | 21 |
8 | Kadrut | 42 | 9 | 24 |
9 | Sajj | 32 | 2 | 14 |
10 | Amarchud | 27 | 3 | 16 |
11 | Amipal | 22 | 11 | 25 |
12 | Dashrath | 25 | 4 | 12 |
13 | Veersaal | 31 | 8 | 11 |
14 | Veersaalsen | 47 | 0 | 14 |
Veersaalsen was killed by his prime minister Veermaha whose 16 generations ruled for 445 years, 5 months and 3 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Raja Veermaha | 35 | 10 | 8 |
2 | Ajitsingh | 27 | 7 | 19 |
3 | Sarvadatta | 28 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Bhuwanpati | 15 | 4 | 10 |
5 | Veersen | 21 | 2 | 13 |
6 | Mahipal | 40 | 8 | 7 |
7 | Shatrushaal | 26 | 4 | 3 |
8 | Sanghraj | 17 | 2 | 10 |
9 | Tejpal | 28 | 11 | 10 |
10 | Manikchand | 37 | 7 | 21 |
11 | Kamseni | 42 | 5 | 10 |
12 | Shatrumardan | 8 | 11 | 13 |
13 | Jeevanlok | 28 | 9 | 17 |
14 | Harirao | 26 | 10 | 29 |
15 | Veersen II | 35 | 2 | 20 |
16 | Adityaketu | 23 | 11 | 13 |
Raja Dandhar of Prayaag killed Adityaketu of Magadh. 9 generations of Dhandhar ruled Indraprastha for 374 years, 11 month and 26 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Raja Dhandhar | 23 | 11 | 13 |
2 | Maharshi | 41 | 2 | 29 |
3 | Sanrachhi | 50 | 10 | 19 |
4 | Mahayudha | 30 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Durnath | 28 | 5 | 25 |
6 | Jeevanraj | 45 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Rudrasen | 47 | 4 | 28 |
8 | Aarilak | 52 | 10 | 8 |
9 | Rajpal | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Rajpal was killed by Samant Mahanpal who ruled for 14 years. Later Mahanpal was killed by Vikramaditya of Ujjain (called Avantika). Vikrmaditya ruled for 93 years. He was later killed by Samudrapal yogi of Paithan. 16 generations of Samudrapal ruled for 372 years, 4 months and 27 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Samudrapal | 54 | 2 | 20 |
2 | Chandrapal | 36 | 5 | 4 |
3 | Sahaypal | 11 | 4 | 11 |
4 | Devpal | 27 | 1 | 28 |
5 | Narsighpal | 18 | 0 | 20 |
6 | Sampal | 27 | 1 | 17 |
7 | Raghupal | 22 | 3 | 25 |
8 | Govindpal | 27 | 1 | 17 |
9 | Amratpal | 36 | 10 | 13 |
10 | Balipal | 12 | 5 | 27 |
11 | Mahipal | 13 | 8 | 4 |
12 | Haripal | 14 | 8 | 4 |
13 | Seespal (also mentioned as Bhimpal in some literature) | 11 | 10 | 13 |
14 | Madanpal | 17 | 10 | 19 |
15 | Karmpal | 16 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Vikrampal | 24 | 11 | 13 |
Raja Vikrampal attacked Malukhchand Bohra in the west. Vikrampal was killed by Malukhchand Bohra (from west) in the war. 16 generations of Malukhchand ruled for 191 years, 1 month and 16 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Malukhchand | 54 | 2 | 10 |
2 | Vikramchand | 12 | 7 | 12 |
3 | Manakchand | 10 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Ramchand | 13 | 11 | 8 |
5 | Harichand | 14 | 9 | 24 |
6 | Kalyanchand | 10 | 5 | 4 |
7 | Bhimchand | 16 | 2 | 9 |
8 | Lovchand | 26 | 3 | 22 |
9 | Govindchand | 31 | 7 | 12 |
10 | Rani Padmavati | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rani Padmavati was the wife of Govindchand. She had no child. So her advisors appointed Hariprem Vairagi for the throne. 4 generations of Harimprem ruled for 50 years, 0 month and 12 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Hariprem | 7 | 5 | 16 |
2 | Govindprem | 20 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Gopalprem | 15 | 7 | 28 |
4 | Mahabahu | 6 | 8 | 29 |
Mahabahu took sanyas. Hearing the news of his sanyas, Adhisen of Bengal attacked and took over the kingdom of Indraprastha. His lineage ruled for 151 years, 11 months, 2 days.
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Raja Adhisen | 18 | 5 | 21 |
2 | Vilavalsen | 12 | 4 | 2 |
3 | Keshavsen | 15 | 7 | 12 |
4 | Madhavsen | 12 | 4 | 2 |
5 | Mayursen | 20 | 11 | 27 |
6 | Bhimsen | 5 | 10 | 9 |
7 | Kalyansen | 4 | 8 | 21 |
8 | Harisen | 12 | 0 | 25 |
9 | Kshemsen | 8 | 11 | 15 |
10 | Narayansen | 2 | 2 | 29 |
11 | Lakshmisen | 26 | 10 | 0 |
12 | Damodarsen | 11 | 5 | 19 |
Damodarsen mistreated his umrao Deepsingh who with the help of army revolted and killed Damodarsen. 6 generations of Deepsingh ruled for 107 years, 6 months and 22 days as follows:
King/Queen | Years | Month | ||
1 | Deepsingh | 17 | 1 | 26 |
2 | Rajsingh | 14 | 5 | 0 |
3 | Ransingh | 9 | 8 | 11 |
4 | Narsingh | 45 | 0 | 15 |
5 | Harisingh | 13 | 2 | 29 |
6 | Jeevansingh | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Jeevansingh sent his army to the north for some reason. Hearing this news, Prithviraj Chauhan of Vairat attacked Indraprash and killed Jeevansingh. 5 generations of Prathviraj ruled for 86 years, 0 month and 20 days as follows:
1 | Prathviraj | 12 | 2 | 19 |
2 | Abhayapal | 14 | 5 | 17 |
3 | Durjanpal | 11 | 4 | 14 |
4 | Udayapal | 11 | 7 | 3 |
5 | Yashpal | 36 | 4 | 27 |
Sultan Shahbuddin Gauri from Garh Gazni attacked raja Yashpal and imprisoned him in the fort of Prayaag in Vikram Sanvat 1249 (1193 AD).
53 Gauri generations ruled for 745 years, 1 Month and 17 days.
References:
Satyartha Prakash by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Source of Satyartha Prakash : A fortnightly magazine Harishchandrika and Mohanchandrika published from Srinathdware in Udaipur-Chittoregarh in Rajasthan in Vikram Sanvat 1939. The editor of this magazine translated this information from another Sanskrit book published in Vikram Sanvat 1782 (1726 AD).
Conversion from Vikram Samvat to A.D. by Virendra Verma