Salunkhe

Maratha Clan Salunke
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Surname	Salunke
Caste	Maratha
Lineage	Claimed Suryavansha (Solar Clan) alias Brahmavansha.
Religion:	Hinduism.[1]
Original kingdom	Mahinagar
Other kingdom	Delhi, Anhilpur Patan
Capital	Patan
Colour	Yellow.
Nishan	Hanuman on flagpole
Clan goddess	Goddess Bhavani,
Clan God	Brahmanath,
Devak	Kamal ( Lotus ), Salunkhi Pankh.{ wing of Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)}
Guru	Bhardwaja
Gotra	Chulkee or Chalukya.
Veda	Rigveda.
Mantra	Chatushpad (Gayatri Mantra).
Locations	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Tamil Nadu and Goa
Languages	Marathi, Hindi.

Salunkhe (or Salunke) is a Maratha clan from Maharashtra which also has members in states bordering Maharashtra. Salunke is a surname mainly found amongst the 96 Maratha clans.^[2][3]

Origin

The Salunkhe claim Descent from the Solanki Rajputs of Gujarat, and the Chalukyas.^[4][5]

See also

• Maratha
• Maratha Empire
• Maratha clan system
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• Bhonsle
• Gaekwad
• Scindia
• Puars
• Holkar
• Peshwa
• Maharashtra
• Rajput
• Solanki
• Chalukya

References

1. Thomas Edmund Farnsworth Wright; Oxford University Press (15 November 2006). A dictionary of world history. Oxford University Press. pp. 401–. ISBN 978-0-19-920247-8. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
2. India. Census Commissioner (1987). Census of India, 1911. Superintendent of government printing, India. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
3. Vidayanand Swami Shrivastavya; Birendra Kumar Vidyanand Shrivastavya (1952). Are Rajput-Maratha marriages morganatic?. Published by D.K. Shrivastavya, for Aitihasik Gaurav Grantha Mala. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
4. Maratha Kshatriyancha Ithihas by Mr.K.B.Deshmukh.(Marathi)
5. Bombay (India : State) (1886). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Govt. Central Press. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

Further reading

• Prashant Kidambi (2007). The making of an Indian metropolis: colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5612-8. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
• Sir James Macnabb Campbell (1985). The gazetteer of Bombay Presidency. Printed at the Govt. Photozinco Press. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
• Gujarat (India) (1984). Gujarat State gazetteers 19. Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
• John Vincent Ferreira (1965). Totemism in India. Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 May 2011.