Kingdom of Tripura | |
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Part of History of Tripura | |
Kings of Tripura | |
Dhanya Manikya | 1463-1515 |
Dharma Manikya II | 1714-1733 |
Vijay Manikya II | 1743-1760 |
Krishna Manikya | 1760-1761 |
Rajdhar Manikya | 1783-1804 |
Ramgana Manikya | 1804-1809 |
Durga Manikya | 1809-1813 |
Kashi Chandra | 1826-1830 |
Krishna Kishore | 1830-1849 |
Ishan Chandra | 1849-1862 |
Bir Chandra | 1862-1896 |
Radha Kishore | 1896-1909 |
Birendra Kishore | 1909-1923 |
Bir Bikram Kishore | 1923–1947 |
Kirit Bikram Kishore | 1947-1949 |
Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman | 1978- |
Tripura monarchy data | |
Manikya dynasty (Royal family) | |
Agartala (Capital of the kingdom) | |
Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence) | |
Neermahal (Royal residence) | |
Rajmala (Royal chronicle) | |
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle) | |
Twipra Kingdom (Sanskrit: Tripura, Anglicized: Tippera) was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Tipra people in the North-east India.
The Tipra Kingdom was established around the confluence of the Brahmaputra river (Twima) with the Meghna and Surma rivers in today's Central Bangladesh area. The capital was called Khorongma (Kholongma) and was along the Meghna river in the Sylhet Division of present-day Bangladesh.
The present political areas which were part of the Tipra Kingdom are:
The Tipra Kingdom in all its various ages comprised the areas with the borders:
A list of legendary Tripuri kings is given in the Rajmala chronicle,a 15th-century chronicle in Bengali verse written by the court pandits of Dharma Manikya (r. 1431). The chronicle traces the king's ancestry to the mythological Lunar Dynasty. In the 8th century, the Kingdom shifted its capital eastwards along the Surma river in Sylhet near present Kailasahar town of North Tripura.
The religion of the Tipra had 14 deities known as "Chibrwi Mwtai" (in Kokborok language) and is still preserved in the Chibrwi Mwtai nok in Old Agartala, which is maintained by the Tipra priests known as Chontai/Ochai's, who oversee the festivals of the Kharchi and Ker according to traditions. It was similar to the Chinese folk religions.