Coinage of Vijaya Manikya II. Dated Saka Era 1482 (1560 AD). Ardhanarishvara seated facing on lion and bull; "Saka" to left; 1482 in exergue / "Lakshya Snayi/Sri Sri Tripura Na/hesh Vijaya Mani/kya Deva Sri Lakshmi/Rani Devyah" in five lines across fields.
Maharaja of Tripura
Reign
1532–1563
Predecessor
Indra Manikya
Successor
Ananta Manikya
Born
c. 1516
Died
1563 (aged 47)
Wives[1]
Lakshmidevi
Vijaya
Sarasvati
Vamadevi
Issue
Dungar Fa
Ananta Manikya
House
Manikya dynasty
Father
Deva Manikya
Religion
Hinduism
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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