Pratap Manikya

Pratap Manikya (d. c.1487) was a Maharaja of Tripura during the late 15th century.

Pratap Manikya
Maharaja of Tripura
Reign	c.1487
Predecessor	Ratna Manikya I
Successor	Vijaya Manikya I
Consort	Sister of Daityanarayan (possibly)[note 1]
Issue	Vijaya Manikya I (possibly) Ratnavati Devi[note 2]
House	Manikya dynasty
Father	Ratna Manikya I

Kingdom of Tripura
Part of History of Tripura
Kings of Tripura Maha Manikya c. 1400–1431 Dharma Manikya I 1431–1462 Ratna Manikya I 1462–1487 Pratap Manikya 1487 Vijaya Manikya I 1488 Mukut Manikya 1489 Dhanya Manikya 1490–1515 Dhwaja Manikya 1515–1520 Deva Manikya 1520–1530 Indra Manikya I 1530–1532 Vijaya Manikya II 1532–1563 Ananta Manikya 1563–1567 Udai Manikya I 1567–1573 Joy Manikya I 1573–1577 Amar Manikya 1577–1585 Rajdhar Manikya I 1586–1600 Ishwar Manikya 1600 Yashodhar Manikya 1600–1623 Interregnum 1623–1626 Kalyan Manikya 1626–1660 Govinda Manikya 1660–1661 Chhatra Manikya 1661–1667 Govinda Manikya 1661–1673 Rama Manikya 1673–1685 Ratna Manikya II 1685–1693 Narendra Manikya 1693–1695 Ratna Manikya II 1695–1712 Mahendra Manikya 1712–1714 Dharma Manikya II 1714–1725 Jagat Manikya 1725–1729 Dharma Manikya II 1729 Mukunda Manikya 1729–1739 Joy Manikya II c. 1739–1744 Indra Manikya II c. 1744–1746 Udai Manikya II c. 1744 Joy Manikya II 1746 Vijaya Manikya III 1746–1748 Lakshman Manikya 1740s/1750s Interregnum 1750s–1760 Krishna Manikya 1760–1783 Rajdhar Manikya II 1785–1806 Rama Ganga Manikya 1806–1809 Durga Manikya 1809–1813 Rama Ganga Manikya 1813–1826 Kashi Chandra Manikya 1826–1829 Krishna Kishore Manikya 1829–1849 Ishan Chandra Manikya 1849–1862 Bir Chandra Manikya 1862–1896 Birendra Kishore Manikya 1909–1923 Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya 1923–1947 Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya 1947–1949 1949–1978 (titular) Kirit Pradyot Manikya 1978–present (titular)
Tripura monarchy data
Manikya dynasty (Royal family)
Agartala (Capital of the kingdom)
Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence)
Pushbanta Palace (Royal residence)
Neermahal (Royal residence)
Rajmala (Royal chronicle)
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle)
Chaturdasa Devata (Family deities)
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Reign

Though Pratap Manikya is stated in the Rajmala to be a son of Dharma Manikya I,^[3] later scholarship proved this to be chronologically improbable.^[4] It is instead believed that he was Dharma's grandson, with his father being Ratna Manikya I.^[5] There were also uncertainties regarding the years of Pratap's rule. A coin supposedly minted during his reign bears the year Saka 1412 (1490 CE), though the modern-style script has led to doubts regarding its authenticity.^[6] It is notable that Pratap's immediate successors struck coins in 1488 and 1489 respectively.^[5]

A younger son of his father, Pratap's rule had been propped up by the support of prominent army generals in opposition to his elder brother Dhanya, against whom he waged a civil war.^[7] According to the Rajmala, because of his impiety, Pratap soon lost the support of these nobles, who launched a conspiracy against him. The chronicle continues that due to his formidable physical strength and stoutness, Pratap had to be killed at night while he slept.^[8]

He was succeeded in quick succession by the minor Vijaya Manikya (who may have been his son)^[1] and Pratap's younger brother Mukut, before the throne finally settled on Dhanya, whose long reign lasted until 1515.^[9]

Notes

1. The army chief Daityanarayan was stated to have been a maternal uncle of Vijaya Manikya I, Pratap's possible son.^[1]
2. Married Bazid, Sultan of Pratapgarh.^[2]

References

1. Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 16.
2. Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910]. Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho (in Bengali). Kolkata: Kotha. p. 291.
3. Durlabhendra; Sukheshwar; Baneshwar (1999). Sri Rajmala. Translated by Kailāsa Candra Siṃha; N.C. Nath. Agartala: Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura. p. 60.
4. Saha, Sudhanshu Bikash (1986). Tribes of Tripura: A Historical Survey. Agartala: Rupali Book House. p. 168.
5. Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi Publications. p. 21. ISBN 9788121004480.
6. Bose, S.K. (1989). "A Silver Coin of Dhanya Manikya". The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India. 51. Numismatic Society of India, P.O. Hindu University.: 35.
7. Choudhury (2000, p. 290)
8. Durlabhendra, Sukheshwar & Baneshwar (1999, p. 60)
9. Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1988). This Beautiful Indian: Tripura. Ess Ess Publications. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-7000-039-6.