People / group

Chand dynasty

The Chand dynasty ruled the hill kingdom of Kumaon, in modern Uttarakhand, India, until the Gorkha conquest of 1790. Tradition traces it to Som Chand, a Rajput prince from the plains who settled at Champawat, though its early chronology is legendary. By the 15th and 16th centuries the Chands had subdued rival hill chiefs, and Kalyan Chand moved the capital to Almora around 1563.

Chand dynasty
Image: Hyder Young Hearsey (1782-1840) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Kumaon Kingdom

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chand dynasty. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chand-dynasty
MLA
“Chand dynasty.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chand-dynasty. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Chand dynasty.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chand-dynasty.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Chand dynasty’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chand-dynasty (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻