{{Short description|Indian dynasty}} {{about|the dynasty in India also called Sura|other uses|Sura (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Rajarsitulyakula of Arang | common_name = Rajarsitulyakula |status = | life_span = {{plainlist| *4th century-5th century ({{small|{{nobold|Vassal of the Gupta Empire}}}}) *5th century-6th century ({{small|{{nobold|Independent kingdom}}}})}} | year_start = 4th century | year_end = 6th century | event_end = | capital = Arang | government_type = Monarchy | p1 = Gupta Empire | p2 = Vakataka dynasty | s1 = Parvatadvaraka dynasty | s2 = Nala dynasty{{!}}Nala dynasty | s3 = | religion = Hinduism | today = India }}
'''Rajarsitulyakula''' was a royal house that controlled Dakshina Kosala in India. They were also known as the Sura dynasty and were succeeded by the Parvatadvarkas.
==History== South Kosala had been in control of the Vakatakas for almost 60 years. After the death of Harishena, the last Vakataka king, South Kosala went into the hands of the regional Rajarsitulyakula.<ref name="Patnaik"/> Their capital was located at Arang. The founder of the Rajarsitulyakula dynasty was Sura.<ref name="gazetteer">{{cite book |title=Orissa District Gazetteers: Dhenkanal |date=1971 |publisher=Superintendent, Orissa Government Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NC1uAAAAMAAJ&q=Rajarsitulyakula |language=en}}</ref><ref name=govt/> This dynasty flourished in the 6th or 5th century.<ref name="apex"/><ref name=govt/>
The rulers used the Gupta ''Samvat'' or calendar, which shows that the rulers of this dynasty accepted the Gupta authority.<ref name="raj">{{cite book |last1=Thākura |first1=Vishru Simha |title=Rājima |date=1972 |publisher=Madhyapradeśa Hindī Grantha Akādamī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YldXAAAAMAAJ&q=Rajarsitulyakula |language=hi}}</ref>{{Sfn|Misra|2003|p=8}} 2 coins of the Gupta rulers have been found here, of Samudragupta and Kumaragupta I.<ref name="apex"/><ref name="raj"/> ''Maharaja'' Bhimasena II issued the Arang copper plate inscription through which we get to know about the rulers of the dynasty.<ref name="gazetteer"/><ref name=govt/> V. V. Mirashi identifies Bhimasena as the enemy of Skandavarman Nala. Skandavarman perhaps occupied their territory about 500 A.D.<ref name="nala">{{cite book |last1=Patel |first1=Chandra Bhanu |title=Dynastic History of Nalas: History and Culture of Central Eastern India, Orissa-Madhya Pradesh Under the Nalas, C. 300-1000 A.D. |date=1990 |publisher=Punthi Pustak |isbn=978-81-85094-27-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XuK1AAAAIAAJ&q=Rajarsitulyakula |language=en}}</ref>
The Rajarsitulyak was succeeded by the Parvatadvarkas.<ref name="Patnaik">{{cite web |last1=Patnaik |first1=Jeeban Kumar |title=Temples of South Kosala 6th century A D 11th century A D a case study of stellate temples-Chapter II: Historical background of South Kosala |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/187259/13/13_chapter%202.pdf |website=Shodaganga Inflibnet }}</ref>
==List of rulers== The known Rajarsitulyakula rulers are-<ref name=govt>{{cite web|title=Detail History of Orissa|url=http://www.orissa.gov.in/history1.htm|publisher=Government of Odisha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112195307/http://www.orissa.gov.in/history1.htm|archive-date=12 November 2006}}</ref><ref name="apex">{{cite web |title=छत्तीसगढ़ के स्थानीय राजवंश भाग 1 ( राजर्षि तुल्य कुल वंश) |url=https://apexstudy.co.in/2019/12/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C-6.html |website=Apex Study |access-date=24 December 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * Maharaja Sura * Maharaja Dayita I alias Dayitavarman I * Maharaja Bhimasena I * Maharaja Dayitavarman II * Maharaja Bhimasena II (c. 501 or 601–?)<ref name="gazetteer"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
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