![]() Raja Allashakti Nikumbha ( Nikam ), seventh-century ruler in Khandesh territory who donated land in Pimpalner village in Dhule to Brahmans to perform cultural practice.The name of Nikumbha has been supplanted in Northern India by that of Raghuvansa, or ** descendant of Raghu," one of the ancestors of Dasaratha and Rama. Here his descendants remained under the name of Nikumbhas, and to them is attributed the foundation of most of the old forts and cities in Alwar and Northern Jaypur. ![]() Kuvalayaswa, the great-grandfather of Nikumbha, having conquered the demon Dhundhu, acquired the title of Dhundhumara, or " Slayer of Dhundhu," and gave his name to the country which is now known as Dhundhar, or Jaypur. The Solar race of the Nikumbhas, the kings of Ayodhya, from which sprang Mandhatri, Sagara, Bhagiratha, and Rama. ![]() The Nikumbhas are descendents of a very ancient and famous Solar race. Their descendents joined Chhatrapati Shivaji to found Hindu empire. The Nikams are descendants of Nikumbh dynasty of Rajputs. In the latter the reigning king is said to be of the great solar race, from which " the king Nikumbha, best of princes, sprang in whose line Mandhata was famous, as well as Sagara, Bhagiratha, and others." In the former the reigning prince is said to be " celebrated in the race - the illustrious solar race in which the Nikumbh was bom - whose descendant was Rama History 1153,and the other in Saka 1 128, or A.D. Two inscriptions have been found in Khandesh, one dated in Saka 1075, or A.D. During the lapse of many centuries they lost their central provinces, and at the time of the Muhammadan conquest only the two outlying districts of Khandesh on the south and Alwar on the north remained to them. ![]() Nikumbhas were amongst the earliest Aryan settlers in Rajputana. ![]() The Nikumbhs later known by their name Nikam as corruption in their surname. The Nikam are descendents of Suryavanshi king Nikumbh and his successors Nikumbh Rajputs. ![]()
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