Raja

Raja (/ˈrɑːdʒɑː/; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title used for Indian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

For other uses, see Raja (disambiguation), Rajah (disambiguation), and Rajan (disambiguation).

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The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda, where a rājan- is a ruler, see for example the daśarājñá yuddhá, the "Battle of Ten Kings".

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