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The Chandela or Chandel is a Rajput clan in Central India. The word Chandela is said to have evolved from Chandratreya which is a mix of two words demonstrating the heredity, Chandra vamsa and Atreya gotra. An area of the Chandelas which was otherwise called Chandela Dynasty led a great part of the Bundelkhand district of central India for long period of time between the 10th and the thirteenth century AD. The Chandel dynasty is known in Indian history for Maharaja Rao Vidyadhara, who spurned the assaults of Mahmud of Ghazni. These are Chandravanshi Rajputs; i.e., the descendents of Soma that means moon in Sanskrit. The bases of Chandela Rajput can be tracked to Sapai, which was prevalently known as Samapada Nagar. The designation given to them was Rao. They are the chief inherited title holders of Kanpur locale. An area of the Chandelas which was otherwise called Chandela Dynasty managed a significant part of the Bundelkhand district of central India for a stretch of 9th and the 13th centuries AD. Khajuraho was their first capital city which was later shifted to Mahotsava Nagar or Mahoba.