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{{Short description|Raja of Khoh from 1036 to 1039}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| regnal name = Kankil
| name = Kakil
| title = Raja of Khoh
| image =
| caption =
| succession = {{flagicon image|Flag of Jaipur.svg}} 2nd [[Kachhwaha]] Ruler of [[Khoh|Amber]]
| reign = 28 November 1036 – 20 April 1039<ref>{{cite book|author=Melia Belli Bose|title=Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dR0CgAAQBAJ&q=khoh+jaipur|accessdate=27 January 2024|date=25 August 2015|publisher=BRILL| language = en|page=36|isbn=978-90-04-30056-9 |quote=According to local lore, a complex of three chatris fused together into a single block at Khoh Nagoria, east of Jaipur city, commemorates the first three Kachh- waha kings to rule in Rajasthan: Duleh Rai (early-twelfth century), Kakil Dev (r. 1133-35), and Hanwant Dev (r. 1137-51).}}</ref>
| predecessor = [[Dulha Rai]]
| successor = Raja Hanu Deo
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Khoh]]
| death_date = 20 April 1039<ref name="g867">{{cite web | title=Raja Man Singh Of Amber | last=Prasad | first=Rajiv Nain| website=Internet Archive | date=25 June 2015 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35121/page/n17/mode/2up | access-date=18 July 2025}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Khoh]]
| spouse =
| issue =
| dynasty = [[Kachhwaha]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| father = [[Dulha Rai]]
| mother = Maroni
}}
'''Kakil''' (died 20 April 1039), also known as '''Kankil''', was the king of the [[Kachhwaha]] dynasty from 1036 to 1039. He succeeded [[Dulha Rai]], who ruled the [[Dhundhar]] region with their capital at [[Khoh]] in present-day Rajasthan.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |pages=24, 25 |year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Rima Hooja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A history of Rajasthan |year=2006|pages=395, 396| publisher=Rupa & Co. |isbn=9788129108906 |language=en |oclc=80362053}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=R. S.
|last1=Khangarot
|first2=P. S.
|last2=Nathawat|year=1990
|title=Jaigarh, the Invincible Fort of Amber|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkBuAAAAMAAJ&q=kakil|pages=10, 11, 18|publisher=RBSA Publishers
|isbn=978-81-85176-48-2
}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kakil was born to mother Maruni and father [[Dulha Rai]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Mamta|last= Chaturvedi|year=2000|title=Mirth of Jaipur Wall Paintings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UDrAAAAMAAJ&q=kakil+dev|page=5|publisher= Publication Scheme|isbn= 978-81-86782-45-3|quote=Käkil Dev (1036- 1040 A.D.), son of Dhola-Marwani, conquered Amber from the Susawat Mīnās.}}</ref> While some sources present [[Dulha Rai]] as his grandfather.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright|first1=Arnold|last2=Bond|first2=J. W.|author-link= Arnold Wright, J. W. Bond|date= 2006|title='''Indian States''' A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&q=Khoh |location= |publisher=Asian Educational Services |page=174|isbn=978-81-206-1965-4}}</ref>

== Reign ==
Dulha Rai died in 1036 AD, after which Kakil was crowned the Kachhwaha king.<ref>{{cite book|first=Harnath Singh|last=Dundlod|year=1970|title=Jaipur and Its Environs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-IBAAAAMAAJ&q=Kankil|publisher=Raj. Educational Printers|page=3}}</ref> Whereas according to [[Jadunath Sarkar]], he became the success of Dulha Rai in 1070 AD.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |page=24|year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 }}</ref>

In some sources, the victory over Amber has been attributed to Kakil.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ranbir |last=Sinh|year=2001|title=History of Shekhawats|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EduAAAAMAAJ&q=kankil+amber|publisher=Publication Scheme|page=|isbn=978-81-86782-74-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=B.L.|last=Meharda|year=2006|title=Territory, Polity, and Status|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90ZuAAAAMAAJ&q=kankil+amber|publisher=Rawat Publications|page=13|isbn=978-81-7033-887-1 }}</ref> Whereas this victory is of his son Maidul Rao which happened in 1150 AD.<ref>{{cite book|first=Anand|last=Chakravarti|year=1975|title=Contradiction and Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fD4HAAAAMAAJ&q=kakil++meenas|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=21|quote=Maidul Rao (Wrested Amer from the Meenas about 1150 and made it his capital)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Maguni Charan|last=Behera|year=2021|title=Tribe-British Relations in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZJCEAAAQBAJ&dq=maidul+rao&pg=PA277|publisher=Springer Nature|page=277|quote=Kankil conquered Dhundar. His son Maidul Rao conquered Amber from Rao Bhutto of Susawat Meena clan in AD 1150.}}</ref>

== Death ==
Kakil died in the [[Khoh]] in 1039 AD.<ref>{{cite book|first=Harnath Singh|last=Dundlod|year=1970|title=Jaipur and Its Environs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-IBAAAAMAAJ&q=Kankil|publisher=Raj. Educational Printers|page=4|quote=Kankil Deo after a very remarkable reign of two years, two months, and eight days died at Khoh on Baishak Badi 10th . V. S. 1096, A.D. 1039.}}</ref>

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