Phani Mukut Rai

Phani Mukut Rai
Raja
1st Nagvanshi king
Reignc. 94 - 162 CE (according to legend)
4th or 10th century (according to scholars)
PredecessorMadra Munda
SuccessorMukut Rai
IssueMukut Rai
DynastyNagvanshi
FatherPundarika Naga
MotherParvati
ReligionHinduism

Phani Mukut Rai was the king of the Nagvanshi dynasty in Nagvanshi origin myth and is considered its founder in the first century CE. However, the story of Phani Mukut Rai is regarded as a myth by historians, who date the establishment of the Nagvanshi dynasty to around the fourth or tenth century CE.