Chudasama
The Chudasama are a Abhira (Ahir)[1][2][3][4][5][6] clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. Ahirs claim that they have descended from Yadava race of Lord Krishna and claims to have belonged to Kshtriya Varna. They are also called Ahir Ranas.[7] Ra Graharipu the Ahir of Junagarh who fought Mularaja Solanki in A.D 961 was later identified as a Chudasama.[8][9]
Origin
The Chudasama dynasty, originally of Abhira 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.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
The Abhiras 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.[16][17]
A Chudasama prince styled Graharipu and ruling at Vanthali near Junagadh is described in the Dyashraya-Kavya of Hemachandra as an Abhira and a Yadava.[18][19]
References
- ↑ Rajan, K. V. Soundara (1985). Junagadh. Archaeological Survey of India.
The Chudasama dynasty, originally of Abhira 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.
- ↑ Gazetteer Of Bombay Vol. I. History Of Gujarat ( Gazetteer Of Bombay Vol. I).
Doctor Bhagvanlal held that the Chudasamas were originally of the Abhira tribe, as their traditions attest connection with the Abhiras and as the description of Graharipu one of their kings by Hemachandra in his DvydaSraya points to his being of some local tribe and not of any ancient Rajput lineage. Further in their bardic traditions as well as in popular stories the Chudasamas are still commonly called Ahera-ranas. The position of Aberia in Ptolemy (A.D. 150) seems to show that in the second century the Ahirs were settled between Sindh and the Panjab. Similarly it may be suggested that Jadeja is a corruption of Jaudheja which in turn comes from Yaudheya (the change of y to j being very common) who in Kshatrapa Inscriptions appear as close neighbours of the Ahirs. After the fall of the Valabhis (A.D. 775) the Yaudheyas seem to have established themselves in Kacch and the Ahirs settled and made conquests in Kathiavada.
- ↑ SurvaVanshi, Bhagwansingh (1962). Abhiras their history and culture.
Hemachandra in his Dvyasrayakavya mentions Graharipu, as a mighty Abhira-Chudasama king of Saurashtra. The Chudasama kings are described as Abhiras by Merutungacharya.
- ↑ "Abhiras Graharipu - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ↑ "Graharipu Ahir - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ↑ "Ra Navaghana Abhira - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0630-2.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... Printed at the Government Central Press. 1901.
- ↑ Division, Publications. THE GAZETTEER OF INDIA Volume 2. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2265-9.
- ↑ Rajan, K. V. Soundara (1985). Junagadh. Archaeological Survey of India, 1985. p. 10.
- ↑ Sailendra Nath Sen (1 January 1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 344. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Thapar, Romila (2008). Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-306468-8.
- ↑ The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial Kanauj. G. Allen & Unwin. 1951.
- ↑ Chakrabarty, Dilip K. (2010-10-18). The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the Ancient Indian Dynasties. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908832-4.
In the second half of the tenth century, the Abhiras established their supremacy in southern and western Saurashtra under their king Graharipu. They ruled from Vamanasthali or Vanthali to the west of Junagadh.
- ↑ Others, Muzaffar H. Syed & (2022-02-20). History of Indian Nation : Ancient India. K.K. Publications.
The Abhiras established their supremacy over the Southern and Western Saurashtra under their King Graharipu in the second half of the tenth century. Their capital was Vamanasthali, modern Vanthali, nine miles west of Junagadh.
- ↑ Sailendra Nath Sen (1 January 1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 344. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
The Abhiras 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.
- ↑ Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra (1964). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass.
The Abhiras grew very powerful during the reign of Graharipu in the middle of the 10th century A.D. He had his capital at Vāmanasthali, now represented by Abhiras the village Vanthali, 9 miles west of Junagadh.
- ↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0630-2.
Thus a Chudásama prince styled Graharipu and ruling at Vanthali near Junagadh is described in the Dyáshraya-Kávya of Hemachandra as an Abhira and a Yádava. In their bardic traditions as well as in popular stories, the Chudásamas are still called Aheraránás.
- ↑ Tambs-Lyche, Harald (1996-12-31). Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7304-176-1.
Hemachandra, in the Dyashraya-Kavya, describe the prince Grahasipu, ruling at Vanthali near Junagadh, as an Abhira and a Yadava (Krishna's legendary tribe) (Enthoven 1920, 25).