The Khayaravala dynasty, was a tribal kingdom that ruled parts of the present-day Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, during the 11th and 12th centuries.

[1][2][3][4] This is demonstrated by inscriptions which show land grants being made to the Khayaravalas.

An inscription from Pratapadhavala dated to 1158 and found on a rock-cut image of Durga near Tilouthu states that he travelled on a pilgrimage accompanied by five female slaves, a doorkeeper, a court pandit and his household.

Chandi was the tutelary deity of the Khayaravalas and the historian, Sayantani Pal, has put forward the idea that Chandi was originally the tribal Goddess of the Kharwars who was later Sanskritised into her current form.

[6] There are remains of archaeological find-spots in the area previously controlled by the dynasty.