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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Ruler of the Mori Kingdom in India}}<br />
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| name = Chitrangada Mori<br />
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| reign = 7th century<br />
| religion = [[Hindu]]ism<br />
| dynasty = [[Mori Kingdom]]<br />
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[[File:Chittorgarh fort.JPG|thumb|Chittorgarh fort, which was founded by Chitrangada Mori]]<br />
'''Chitrangada Mori''' was a ruler of the [[Mori Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Somani |first=Ram Vallabh|page=28|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.14106/page/28/mode/1up |title=History of Mewar: from earliest times to 1751 A.D.|date=1976|publisher=Jaipur, Ministry of culture, Central Archeological Library.|publication-date= |quote=Later Mauryas - The Maurya kings ruled over the south-western Rajasthan and northern Malwa, from the beginning of the 7th Century A.D. for about 20 years. ‘The earliest kings of this local dynasty in Mewar was Chitrangada Mori, who is said to have constructed the present fort of Chittor on the old ruins, together with Chitrangada tank.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Basu|first=Anjana|date=2016-11-09|title=Chitrangada|journal=Gitanjali & Beyond|volume=1|issue=1|pages=169|doi=10.14297/gnb.1.1.169-177|issn=2399-8733|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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Chitrangada Mori laid the foundation of his capital at [[Chittor Fort]], which is the largest fort in India.<ref name="Academic" /> He reigned in the 7th century AD, and the ruins of his palace still are present today.<ref name="FL Mehta">{{cite book |last1=Mehta |first1=Fateh Lal |title=Handbook of Meywar and Guide to Its Principal Objects of Interest |date=1888 |publisher=University of Minnesota |pages=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ouc2AQAAMAAJ&dq=Mori+Rajput&pg=PA4}}</ref> Chittorgarh was then known as ''Chitrakot'', which changed to Chittorgarh in colloquial language.<ref name="Academic">{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=N. L. |last2=Maroo |first2=R. L. |title=Challenge of Wastelands Utilisation: Issues and Themes |date=1991 |publisher=Academic Publishers |pages=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CbEsAQAAMAAJ&q=Mori+Rajput}}</ref><br />
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Chitrangada Mori was possibly succeeded by [[Bappa Rawal]], the Rajput ruler of [[Guhila dynasty]] after several conflicts with [[Umayyad Caliphate|Arabs]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Shyam Manohar Mishra |title=Yaśovarman of Kanauj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZWgj-YMdVEC&pg=PA48 |year=1977 |publisher=Abhinav |oclc=557679616 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Guhila dynasty]]<br />
*[[Sisodias of Mewar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Chittorgarh district]]<br />
[[Category:7th-century Indian monarchs]]<br />
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