Chudasama
The Chudasama is a Rajput (Kshatriya) [1][2][3] clan found in the state of Gujarat, India. Indian archaeologist and scholar, Bhagwan Lal Indraji held that the Chudasamas were originally Rajputs as their traditions attest connexion with the description of Graharipu, one of their kings by Hemachandra in his Dvyashraya Kavya points to them of being Rajput warriors and not some local tribe such as Abhirs.[4][5][6]
Further in their bardic traditions as well as in popular stories the Chudasamas are still commonly called as Ranas. The position of Aberia in Ptolemy (A.D. 150) seems to show that in the second century they settled between Sindh and the Punjab. Ra Graharipu of Junagarh who fought Mularaja Solanki in A.D 961 was later identified as a Chudasama.[7]
Origin
The Chudasama dynasty, originally of Rajput clan from Sind wielded great influence around Junagadh from the 875 A.D. onwards when they consolidated themselves at Vanthali (ancient Vamanasthali) close to Girnar under their - King Ra Chuda.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
They began to rule in Southern and western Sourashtra from the second half of the 10th century A.D their capital was vamanshtali, modern vanthali nine miles west of Junagadh. They became very powerful during the reign of Graharipu who defeated the Saindhavas and the Chaulukyas.[14][15]
A Chudasama prince styled Graharipu and ruling at Vanthali near Junagadh is described in the Dyashraya-Kavya of Hemachandra as a Rajput.[16][17]
References
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- ↑ Gazetteer Of Bombay Vol. I. History Of Gujarat ( Gazetteer Of Bombay Vol. I).
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- ↑ Singhji, Virbhadra. The Rajputs of Saurashtra (in en) (1994)Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-546-9.
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- ↑ Rajan, K. V. Soundara. Junagadh (1985)Archaeological Survey of India, 1985. p. 10.
- ↑ Sailendra Nath Sen. Ancient Indian History and Civilization (1 January 1999)New Age International. p. 344. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Thapar, Romila. Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History (in en) (2008)Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-306468-8.
- ↑ The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial Kanauj (in en) (1951)G. Allen & Unwin.
- ↑ Chakrabarty, Dilip K.. The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the Ancient Indian Dynasties (in en) (2010-10-18)Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908832-4.
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- ↑ Sailendra Nath Sen. Ancient Indian History and Civilization (1 January 1999)New Age International. p. 344. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. Ancient India (in en) (1964)Motilal Banarsidass.
- ↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward. The Tribes and Castes of Bombay (in en) (1990)Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0630-2.
- ↑ Tambs-Lyche, Harald. Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India (in en) (1996-12-31)Manohar Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7304-176-1.