Template:Infobox royalty Ahila (r. c. 1019-1024 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Naddula Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the area around Naddula (present-day Nadol in Rajasthan). He defeated the Chaulukya invader Bhima I.
Reign
Ahila was the son of his predecessor Ashvapala.Template:Sfn According to the Chahamana records, he defeated the Chaulukya king Bhima I. The Chaulukya records do not mention this defeat.Template:Sfn Historian Dasharatha Sharma theorizes that Bhima invaded the Naddula kingdom to expand his territory, but was forced to retreat.Template:Sfn
Ahila appears to have died heirless, probably at a young age, as he was succeeded by his paternal uncle Anahilla.Template:Sfn The Nadol inscriptions of Alhana and prince Kirtipala omit Ahila's name from the genealogy of the Naddula Chahamana kings, presumably because they were not his descendants.Template:Sfn
References
Bibliography
- Early Chauhān Dynasties{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. S. Chand / Motilal Banarsidass(1959). ISBN 9780842606189
- History of the Chāhamānas{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. N. Kishore(1964)