Naiki Devi

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Naiki Devi

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'''Naiki Devi''' ([[IAST]]:''Nāikī Devī'', [[Hindi]]: नाइकी देवी) also known as '''Naiki Devi Chandel''', was the daughter of emperor [[Paramardivarman|Paramardi Varman]] and the [[Chandela]] regent queen of the [[Chaulukyas]] during her son [[Mularaja II]]'s infancy from 1175.{{Cite book|last1=Kulke|first1=Hermann|author-link1=Hermann Kulke|last2=Rothermund|first2=Dietmar |author-link2=Dietmar Rothermund |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C|title=A History of India|date=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4|language=en|page=117|quote="When Gurjara Pratiharas power declined after the sacking of Kannauj by the Rashtrakutkas in the early tenth century many Rajput princes declared their independence and founded their own kingdoms, some of which grew to importance in the subsequent two centuries. The better known among these dynasties were the Chaulukyas or Solankis of Kathiawar and Gujarat, the Chahamanas (i.e. Chauhan) of eastern Rajasthan (Ajmer and Jodhpur), and the Tomaras who had founded Delhi (Dhillika) in 736 but had then been displaced by the Chauhans in the twelfth century."}}{{Cite book|first=David|last=Ludden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBq9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|title=India and South Asia: A Short History|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|pages=88–89|quote=By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...|isbn=978-1-78074-108-6|language=en}} She was a wife of the King [[Ajayapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Ajayapala]].{{sfn|Majumdar|1956|p=131}} She is popularly known for repulsing [[Battle of Kasahrada|Ghurid invasion in Gujarat]] led by [[Mohammad Ghori]].{{Cite book |last=Kumar Srivastava |first=Ashok |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Disintegration_of_North_Indian_Hindu_Sta.html?id=EHtDAAAAYAAJ#naiki%20devi%20kasahrada |title=Disintegration of North Indian Hindu States, C. 1175-1320 A.D |publisher=Purvanchal Prakashan |year=1990 |volume=1 |pages=7 |language=English}}
{{Short description|Queen of Chaulukyas}}
{{Short description|Queen of Chaulukyas}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| succession = Queen of the [[Chalukya dynasty]]
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| spouse = [[Ajayapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Ajaypala]]
| spouse = [[Ajayapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Ajaypala]]
| issue = [[Mularaja II]]
| issue = [[Mularaja II]]
| father = [[Paramardivarman]]
| father = Paramardi
| mother = Malhana devi
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| dynasty = [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti]] (by birth)
[[Chaulukyas]] (by marriage)
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| house = [[Chandela|Chandel]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
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'''Naiki Devi''' ([[IAST]]:'' Nāikī Devī '') was the regent queen of [[Chaulukya dynasty]]{{Cite book|last1=Kulke|first1=Hermann|author-link1=Hermann Kulke|last2=Rothermund|first2=Dietmar |author-link2=Dietmar Rothermund |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C|title=A History of India|date=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4|language=en|page=117|quote="When Gurjara Pratiharas power declined after the sacking of Kannauj by the Rashtrakutkas in the early tenth century many Rajput princes declared their independence and founded their own kingdoms, some of which grew to importance in the subsequent two centuries. The better known among these dynasties were the Chaulukyas or Solankis of Kathiawar and Gujarat, the Chahamanas (i.e. Chauhan) of eastern Rajasthan (Ajmer and Jodhpur), and the Tomaras who had founded Delhi (Dhillika) in 736 but had then been displaced by the Chauhans in the twelfth century."}}{{Cite book|first=David|last=Ludden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBq9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|title=India and South Asia: A Short History|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|pages=88–89|quote=By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...|isbn=978-1-78074-108-6|language=en}} during her son [[Mularaja II]]'s infancy from 1175. She was a queen of the Chaulukya king [[Ajayapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Ajayapala]].{{sfn|Majumdar|1956|p=131}} She is also popularly known


== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Her earlier life is not known, according to [[Prabandha-Chintamani|''Prabandhachintamani'']] of [[Merutunga]], she was daughter of [[Paramardi]]. One theory identifies this Paramardi as the [[Kadambas of Goa|Kadamba]] king Permadi-deva, but according to historian Ashoke Kumar Majumdar, she was likely the daughter of the [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti|Chandela]] king [[Paramardi]] (reigned c. 1165-1203 CE).{{sfn|Majumdar|1956|p=131}}
Her earlier life is not known, according to [[Prabandha-Chintamani|''Prabandhachintamani'']] of [[Merutunga]], she was daughter of [[Paramardi]]. One theory identifies this Paramardi as the [[Kadambas of Goa|Kadamba]] king Permadi-deva, but according to historian Ashoke Kumar Majumdar, she was likely the daughter of the [[Chandelas of Jejakabhukti|Chandela]] king [[Paramardivarman]] (reigned c. 1165-1203 CE).{{sfn|Majumdar|1956|p=131}}


She was married to Chaulukya ruler Ajayapala and had son named Mularaja, who later became king as an infant after his father's death. When her son succeeded his father as king in 1175, she became [[regent]] of the kingdom during the minority of her son.
She was married to Chaulukya ruler Ajayapala and had son named Mularaja, who later became king as an infant after his father's death. When her son succeeded his father as king in 1175, she became [[regent]] of the kingdom during the minority of her son.
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