Kakil

Kakil
Raja of Khoh
2nd Kachhwaha Ruler of Amber
Reign1033-1035[1]
PredecessorDulha Rai
SuccessorRaja Hanu Deo
BornKhoh
Died1039 AD
Khoh
Regnal name
Kankil
DynastyKachhwaha
FatherDulha Rai
MotherMaroni
ReligionHinduism

Kakil or Kankil was a king of the Kachhwaha dynasty and successor of Dulha Rai, who ruled the Dhundhar region with their capital at Khoh in present-day Rajasthan.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Melia Belli Bose (25 August 2015). Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art. BRILL. p. 36. ISBN 978-90-04-30056-9. Retrieved 27 January 2024. According to local lore, a complex of three chatris fused together into a single block at Khoh Nagoria, east of Jaipur city, commemorates the first three Kachh- waha kings to rule in Rajasthan: Duleh Rai (early-twelfth century), Kakil Dev (r. 1133-35), and Hanwant Dev (r. 1137-51).
  2. ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1994) [1984]. A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938. Orient Longman Limited. pp. 24, 25. ISBN 81-250-0333-9.
  3. ^ Rima Hooja (2006). A history of Rajasthan. Rupa & Co. pp. 395, 396. ISBN 9788129108906. OCLC 80362053.
  4. ^ Khangarot, R. S.; Nathawat, P. S. (1990). Jaigarh, the Invincible Fort of Amber. RBSA Publishers. pp. 10, 11, 18. ISBN 978-81-85176-48-2.