Viryarama (r. c. 1040 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the
Shakambhari Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the Sapadalaksha region, which included parts of present-day
Rajasthan
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in
north-western India.
Viryarama succeeded
Vakpatiraja II as the Chahamana king, and was succeeded by
Chamundaraja after a very short reign. According to historian R. B. Singh, Virayarama and Chamundaraja were both sons of Vakpatiraja. Dasharatha Sharma, however, considers all three as sons of
Govindaraja III.
According to ''
Prithviraja Vijaya'', Viryarama was killed by the
Paramara king
Bhoja. The
Sundha inscription of the
Naddula Chahamanas claims that their king
Anahilla killed Bhoja's general Sadha, and captured Shakambhari. Historian
Dasharatha Sharma theorizes that the Paramaras occupied Shakambhari after Viryarama's death, and were evicted by his successor Chamundaraja with help of Anahilla. On the other hand, R. B. Singh speculates that Anahilla and Bhoja formed an alliance against Viryarama; sometime later, the alliance broke, and Anahilla killed Bhoja's general Sadha.
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{{Chahamanas of Shakambhari
Chahamana kings of Shakambhari
11th-century Indian monarchs