Chudasama

The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Anthropological Survey of India, which relies heavily on sources compiled during the period of the British Raj, notes that they are "an offshoot of the Samma tribe, probably of Turk origin who entered India during the seventh or eighth century and are found in Kachchh, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts."[1]

Harald Tambs-Lyche believes that there is evidence, based on myths, that a Chudasama kingdom existed at Junagadh in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The dynasty is traditionally said to have been founded in 875 CE and around 1030 received assistance from members of the pastoralist Ahir community in order to restore its power following a conquest of the kingdom by the king of Gujarat. The Chudasamas are sometimes referred to as the Ahirani Ranis, and Tambs-Lyche says that, "The structure of the Chudasama state ... seems to have been an alliance between a small royal clan — later to be classified as Rajputs — and the Ahir tribe."[2] In Duyashraya and Prabandh Chintamani the king of Wamanasthali is described as Ahir Rana and the term can fairly be applied to Chudasama prince Noghan as he was placed on throne with the aid of the Ahirs.[3]

The last of these kings, Mandulak Chudasama, was forcibly converted to Islam in 1470 by Mahmud Begarha, who also annexed the state.[4] Begarha had attacked the Chudasama kingdom, which was known as Girnar, on several previous occasions.[5]

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  1. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Lal, Rajendra Behari (2003). Gujarat, Part 3. People of India XXII. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan. p. 1174. ISBN 978-8-17991-106-8. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  2. ↑ Lyche, Harald Tambs (2002). "Townsmen, Tenants and Tribes: War, Wildness and Wilderness in the Traditional Politics of Western India". In Ratha, S. N.; Pfeffer, Georg; Behera, Deepak Kumar. Contemporary Society: Concept of Tribal Society. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-8-17022-983-4. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  3. ↑ Kumar, Sushil (2003). Kumar, Naresh, ed. Encyclopaedia of folklore and folktales of South Asia 10. Anmol Publications. p. 2771. ISBN 978-8-12611-400-9.
  4. ↑ "Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh". The Cambridge Shorter History of India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1934. pp. 307–308. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  5. ↑ Gupta, R. K.; Bakshi, S. R., eds. (2008). Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan Through The Ages: Marwar and British Administration 5. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-8-17625-841-8. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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