Guhila (clan) explained

Guhila is a clan of Jats[1] [2] and Rajputs.[3] [4] They ruled a number of kingdoms including Mitaron,[5] Mewar, Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Shahpura, Bhavnagar, Palitana, Lathi and Vala.[6] [7] The variations of the clan name include Gahlot, Guhila or Gohil.

History

The Guhilas of Medapata belonged to this clan. The Atpur Inscription of 977 AD lists 20 kings starting with Guhadatta and ending with Saktikumara. Major cities included Nagahrada and Aghata. Chittor was captured by Bappa Rawal in the 8th century. The Guhilas fought the Paramaras in the 11th century and the Chaulukyas in the 12th century. During the reign of Jaitrasimha (1213–1252 AD), Nagahrada was sacked by Iltutmish. Then Samarasimha (1273–1301 AD) submitted to Ulugh Khan before Ratnasimha was defeated by Alauddin Khalji in 1303 when Chittor Fort was captured.[8]

According to 1274 CE Chittor inscription and 1285 CE Achaleshwar (Abu) inscription of Vedasharma, Bappa Rawal "changed his priestly splendour for regal lustre". Based on this, scholars such as D. R. Bhandarkar theorized that the Guhilas were originally Brahmins. G. H. Ojha, however, believed that the statement in Vedasharma's inscription is a misinterpretation of the earlier Atpur inscription. The Atpur inscription describes Guhadatta as a "Mahideva", which according to historian R. V. Somani, can be translated as either "king" or "Brahmin"[9]

In present-day Rajasthan, the Gahlot Rajputs ruled the princely states of Banswara, Dungarpur, Mewar, Pratapgarh and Shahpura.[6]

In Gujarat, they are generally referred to as Gohil and ruled the princely states of Bhavnagar, Palitana, Lathi and Vala and Rajpipla.[7]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Luniya, Bhanwarlal Nathuram . Life and Culture in Medieval India . 1978 . Kamal Prakashan . 144 . en . Probably many of the early republican people might have contributed to the formation of the Jat caste, some becoming Rajputs on account of their fighting tendencies and others remaining Jats according to their circumstances and predilections. Many Jats even today have the same gotra as the Rajputs, such as Gahlot, Dahima, Parmar, Solanki..
  2. Joon . Rs . 2017-04-20 . Foreword to History: A Novel . University of Illinois Press . 83 . 10.5406/illinois/9780252039003.003.0023 . The Gahlot gotra is found both among the Jats and the Rajputs. There is however no doubt that Bhattarak was a Maurya Jat dynasty. It existed before the birth of Rajputs. If Bappa Rawal were not a Jat, Jat Raja Mann Indra would not have adopted him as him son. He maintained the title of Rana..
  3. Book: Brajadulal Chattopadhyay. Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts and Historical Issues. 2006. Anthem. 978-1-84331-132-4. 116. "The period between the seventh and the twelfth century witnessed gradual rise of a number of new royal-lineages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, which came to constitute a social-political category known as 'Rajput'. Some of the major lineages were the Pratiharas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and adjacent areas, the Guhilas and Chahamanas of Rajasthan, the Caulukyas or Solankis of Gujarat and Rajasthan and the Paramaras of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.". en.
  4. Book: David Ludden. India and South Asia: A Short History. 2013. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-78074-108-6. 89. In the ninth century Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans.... en.
  5. Book: India Today . 1999 . Thomson Living Media India Limited . en.
  6. Book: Lodha, Sanjay . Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions Within Regions . Ashutosh . Kumar . Routledge . 2012 . 978-1-136-70400-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=ypKoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA400 . Subregions, Identity, and Nature of Political Competition in Rajasthan . 400.
  7. Book: Virbhadra Singhji. The Rajputs of Saurashtra. 1994. Popular Prakashan. 978-81-7154-546-9. 38.
  8. Book: Sen, Sailendra . A Textbook of Medieval Indian History . Primus Books . 2013 . 978-9-38060-734-4 . 29–30.
  9. Book: Somānī, Rāmavallabha. History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.. 1976. Mateshwari Publications. en.

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