Chudasama Dynasty
| Chudasama dynasty | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Vanthali (Present-day Junagadh) | |||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| King | ||||||||||
| • | c. 875 - c. 907 | Chuda Chandra | ||||||||
| • | c. 940 - c. 982 | Ra Graharipu | ||||||||
| • | c. 1025 - c. 1044 | Ra Navghan | ||||||||
| • | c. 1044 - c. 1067 | Ra Khengar | ||||||||
| • | c. 1451 - c. 1472 | Ra Mandlik | ||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Established | 875 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1472 | ||||||||
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The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. According to historian Virbhadra Singh ,Chudasama appear to have come over from thatta capital of sindh. The clan descent from samma-yadava line. Chudasamas are entered the peninsula of Kathiawar in about 875. 'Raa' was the title adopted by these Rajputs. The dynasty were longest ruler of junagadh.
After the destruction of valbhi dynasty of saurashtra , sorath area became independent. During this time the vanthali area was ruled by walaram a chavda rajput king. Raja Wala Ram had no sons, and the question arose as to who should succeed him after his death. It happened that among the Hindu tribes which had migrated Southward before the encroachments of the Mahomedans was that of the Samas, who settled at Saminagar (now Nagar Thatha), in Sindh. Wala Ram's sister had been married to the chief of the Samma tribe, and her son, Ra Chuda, was selected to follow his uncle at Wamansthali.
Accordingly, at Wala Ram's death, in about A.D. 875, Ra Chuda founded the Chudasama dynasty, adding the name of his father's tribe to his own name.The Chudasama quickly became very powerful, and from an inscription at Dhandhusar we learn that the rulers of all neighbouring countries regarded them as paramount. The dynasty continued to hold sway from 875 A.D. to 1473 A.D. nearly six hundred years. Having capital vanthali and junagadh alternatively.
Uparkot was established by mauryan dynasty, but it lost its value when capital of kathiawar moved from junagadh to valbhi ( modern village of valbhi dynasty ). Chudasama settled around junagadh from 875 , it was their ruler Ra graharipu ( c.940-c.982 ) , who hacked the citadel free from jungle.From the evidence contained in the Devyashray at Junagadh we may safely conclude that Ra Graharipu laid the foundations of the citadel as it now exists.
After several Ra Chudasama of Wamansthali had ruled, a woodcutter one day managed to cut his way through the forest and came to a place where stone walls and a gate existed. Near by sat a holy man in contemplation, and on being asked by the woodcutter the name of the place and its history, he replied that its name was " Juna " — old. The woodcutter returned by the way he had come to Wamansthali, and reported his discovery to the Ra, who ordered the forest to be cleared away. This being done, the fort came into sight. But there was none who knew its history, or who could tell more than the holy man had told the woodcutter. So the place became known as " Junagadh " for want of a better title. If this story is to be believed, either Ra Graharipu rediscovered an ancient stronghold or else after he had built the fort it was abandoned and afterwards found again by a later ruler Ra Navghan - 2 ( c.1067-c.1098 ) who transferred Chudasama Capital from Wamansthali to Junagadh. The Present walls were built by Chudasama rajputs.
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