Maharaja Shalendra

Maharaja Shalendra was a Jat King, who established a kingdom, in fifth century AD, which extended from Punjab to Malwa and Rajasthan.^[1]

James Tod found an inscription in 1820 AD at Kanswa or Kansua, an ancient village of archaeological importance in Kota district in Rajasthan, India,^[2] which reveals the rule of Jat king Maharaja Shalendra in Kota region in 5th century AD.

According to the inscription of Kanswa, found from a well near River Chambal south of Kota, king Shalendra calls himself of Sarya race and Taka vansha. Prince Shalivahana, the primogenitor of the royal family, was also Taka vanshi. Shalendra was king of Salpur (409 AD), the modern Sialkot.^[3]

References

1. ^ Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992, pp. 208-211.
2. ^ The Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Rajasthan
3. ^ Dr Naval Viyogi: Nagas – The Ancient Rulers of India, Their Origins and History (The History of the Indigenous people of India Vol. 2), Published by Originals (an imprint of Low Price Publications), Delhi, 2002, ISBN 81-7536-287-1, p. 280