'''Kalachuri''' also called '''Haihaya''' is a clan of [[Rajput]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Robert Vane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6h2Gm1gPZZQC&pg=PT2067 |title=The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Complete) |date=2020-09-28 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-8294-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Rānā Muḥammad Sarvar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwVuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Rajputs: History, Clans, Culture, and Nobility |date=2005 |publisher=Rana Muhammad Sarwar Khan |pages=293 |language=en |quote=Chedi dynasty of Haihaya Rajputs ruled over the upper valley ...}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> They ruled multiple principalities like [[Chedi kingdom|Chedi]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Kalachuris of Mahishmati|Mahishmati]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Asopa |first=Jai Narayan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTxuAAAAMAAJ&q=kalachuri+mahishmati |title=Origin of the Rajputs |date=1976 |publisher=Bharatiya Publishing House |language=en}}</ref> [[Kalachuris of Tripuri|Tripuri]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwG2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series |date=1908 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing |pages=9 |language=en |quote=Kalachuri or Chedi dynasty of Haihaya Rajputs ruled over the upper valley of the Narbada , with their capital at Tripura}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Robert Vane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zod7koT8ipUC |title=pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces |date=1916 |publisher=Macmillan and Company, limited |pages=454 |language=en |quote=Haihaya or Kalachuri Rajput kings of Tripura or Tewar near Jubbulpore . This dynasty had an era of their own , commencing in A.D. 248 , and their line continued until the tenth or eleventh century .}}</ref> [[Kalachuris of Ratnapura|Ratnapura]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Commissioner |first=India Census |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoZdzjvFVC4C&pg=PA349 |title=Census of India, 1931 |date=1933 |publisher=Manager of Publications |pages=349 |language=en |quote=Haihaya Rajput dynasty , perhaps akin to the rulers of Chedi , established itself at Ratanpur , and extended its authority over the greater part of the territory included in the present districts of Raipur and Bilaspur .}}</ref> and [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalyani]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&dq=kalachuri+kalyani&pg=PA385 |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 |language=en}}</ref>
==Origin==
The Kalachuris claim to be descendants of [[Haihaya]], grandson of [[Yadu (legendary king)|Yadu]] of [[Chandravamsha]].<ref name="Shastri">{{Cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=J. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5HsDwAAQBAJ&dq=Haihaya+dynasty+Founded+by+Haihaya+puran&pg=PA149 |title=The Narada-Purana Part 1: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 15 |last2=Tagare |first2=Dr G. V. |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-3882-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Trubner & C">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlcHvdefv5wC&q=Haihaya&pg=PA40 |title=The Vishnu Purana a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition Translated from the Original Sanskrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puranas by the Late H.H. Wilson: 4 |date=1868 |publisher=Trubner & C. |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Dowson 1888">{{Cite book |last=Dowson |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wJBAQAAMAAJ&dq=Haihaya+dynasty+vishnu+Puran&pg=PA115 |title=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature |date=1888 |publisher=Trübner |language=en}}</ref>
