Maharaja Shalendra

Who is Maharaja Shalendra?

Maharaja Shalendra was a Jat King, who established a kingdom, in early fifth century AD, which extended from Punjab to Malwa and Rajasthan.

James Tod found an inscription in 1820 AD at Kanswa or Kansua, an ancient village of archaeological importance in Kota district in Rajasthan, India, which reveals the rule of Shalendra in Kota region in the 5th century AD.

According to the inscription, found from a well near River Chambal, south of Kota, Shalendra considered himself to be of the Sarya race and Taka vansha. Prince Shalivahana, the primogenitor of the royal family, was also Taka vanshi. Shalendra was king of Salpur, the modern Sialkot.