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CHAMBA

The Mosana Dynasty

GENEALOGY

Ca 620 Raja Aditya Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura, son or descendant of Mosana [Moshuna], the progenitor of the dynasty, educ. privately. He had issue, a son:

1) Raja Bala Varma Deva, Raja of Brahmapura - see below.

6xx - 6xx Raja Bala Varma Deva, Raja of Brahmapura, son of Raja Aditya Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura, educ. privately. He had issue, a son:

1) Raja Divakara Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura - see below.

6xx - 680 Raja Divakara Varma Deva, Raja of Brahmapura, son of Raja Bala Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura, educ. privately. He d. 680, having had issue, a son:

1) Paramasivanata Maharajadhiraja Meru Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura - see below.

680 - 700 Paramasivanata Maharajadhiraja Sri Meru Varma Deva, Raja of Brahmapura, son of Raja Divakara Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 680. He is said to have vastly increased his territories, subjugating various minor rajas and ranas, and constructed many temples. Assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja, in recognition of his own conquests. He d. 700.

757 - 776 Maharajadhiraja Ajita Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura. A lineal descendant of Maharajadhiraja Meru Varman.

776 - 780 Maharajadhiraja Suvarna Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura.

780 - 800 Maharajadhiraja Ajay Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura.

800 - 820 Maharajadhiraja Lakshmi Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura. Succeeded Suvarna Varman. During his reign, the state suffered from several natural calamities, including a severe epidemic or plague that decimated the population. Taking advantage of the situation, the ruler of the Kiras invaded the territory, killed Lakshmi Varman and annexed his territories. He was k. by the Kiras, 820, leaving a supposed posthumous son:

1) Maharajadhiraja Mushana Varma Deva Raja of Brahmapura - see below.

Raja Lakshmi Varman died without issue, but his wife was supposed to have been pregnant. The Wazir and Purohit rescued her and sent her away for safety in a palanquin towards Kangra. During her journey she developed labour pains, stopped at the village of Garoh, alighted for a cave, where she gave birth to a child. Fearing that the child would be killed, she left the child in the cave to die a natural death. When the Wazir and Purohit heard of the news, they went off to recover the child. On arrival at the cave, they found mice watching over the healthy infant. They named the child Mushana (or Mushun, meaning mouse) and returned him to his mother. She lived with the child in secrecy, in the house of a Brahmin, for nine years. The Brahmin recognised the boy's footprint as that of royalty. The lady then revealed her identity and that of the child. The Brahmin took them to the Raja of Suket, who gave them his protection and married his daughter to the boy. When the boy reached maturity he gathered an army and recovered Brahmapura from the Kiras. Since that date, mice have been revered in Chamba, and are never killed.

Note: There is a marked similarity between the name of this foundling and the name of the original ancestor Meru, given in older accounts of his genealogy and named as the founder of his dynasty. The possibility that the second Mushana was actually the founder of a new dynasty, seems very likely, given the incredible nature of story related above.

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