For Guhilas of Saurashtra, Gujarat, see Gohil dynasty and Gohil.
Guhila Dynasty
गुहिल राजवंश
728–1303
South Asia 1250 CE
DELHI
SULTANATE
(MAMLUKS)
AHOM
LOHA RAS
QARLUGHIDS
MARYUL
GUGE
KUMAON
SOOMRAS
MAKRAN SULTANATE
MONGOL EMPIRE
VAGHELAS
CHUDASAMAS
PARAMARAS
CHANDELAS
GUHILAS
BUNDELAS
KHANGARS
JAISALMER
MARWAR
AMBER
AMARKOT
KARNATAS
NAGVANSIS
KAKATIYAS
CHODAS
EASTERN GANGAS
YADAVAS
PANDYAS
CHOLAS
HOYSALAS
KADAMBAS
CHERAS
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The Guhilas and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 1250 CE.[1]
Capital
Ahar
Nagda
Chittor
Religion
Hinduism
• 728-753
Bappa Rawal (first)
• 753-773
Khuman I
• 828-853
Khuman II
• 878-942
Khuman III
• 942-951
Rawal Bharttripatta II
• 951-971
Rawal Allata
• 1303
Ratnasimha
History
• Established
728
• Siege of Chittorgarh
1303
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gurjara-Pratihara
Mori Rajputs
Sisodias of Mewar
Delhi Sultanate
The Guhilas of Medapata colloquially known as Guhilas of Mewar were a Rajput dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mewar (Medapata, modern Mewar) region in present-day Rajasthan state of India.[2][3] The Guhila kings initially ruled as Gurjara-Pratihara feudatories between end of 8th and 9th centuries and later were independent in period of the early 10th century and allied themselves with the Rashtrakutas.[4] Their capitals included Nagahrada (Nagda) and Aghata (Ahar). For this reason, they are also known as the Nagda-Ahar branch of the Guhilas.
The Guhilas assumed sovereignty after the decline of the Pratiharas in the 10th century under Rawal Bharttripatta II and Rawal Allata. During the 10th-13th centuries, they were involved in military conflicts with several of their neighbours, including the Paramaras, the Chahamanas, the Delhi Sultanate, the Chaulukyas, and the Vaghelas. In the late 11th century, the Paramara king Bhoja interfered in the Guhila throne possibly deposing a ruler and placing some other ruler of the branch.[5]
In the mid-12th century, the dynasty divided into two branches. The senior branch (whose rulers are called Rawal in the later medieval literature) ruled from Chitrakuta (modern Chittorgarh), and ended with Ratnasimha's defeat against the Delhi Sultanate at the 1303 Siege of Chittorgarh. The junior branch rose from the village of Sisoda with the title Rana and established the Sisodia Rajput dynasty.
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 21, 147. ISBN 0226742210.
^Brajadulal Chattopadhyay (2006). Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts and Historical Issues. Anthem. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-84331-132-4. 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.
^David Ludden (2013). India and South Asia: A Short History. Simon and Schuster. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-78074-108-6. By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...
The Guhilas of Medapata colloquially known as Guhilas of Mewar were a Rajput dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mewar (Medapata, modern Mewar) region in...
allies, re-established the dynasty, and also became the founder of the Sisodia dynasty clan, a branch of the Guhiladynasty, to which every succeeding...
Kakka's kingdom). Guhiladynasty of Nagada-Ahar is one of the oldest dynasties of Mewar, they ruled in the 6th century and Sisodia Dynasty (1326–1947 CE)...
The Gohil dynasty or Gohil or Guhilas of Saurashtra ruled parts of Saurashtra region of present-day Gujarat state of India as subordinates or independents...
chronicles describe him as a member of the Guhila Clan, and some of them consider him to be the founder of the Guhiladynasty. He is credited with repelling the...
Rajasthan: Guhilas of Nagda-Ahar, Guhilas of Kishkindha (modern Kalyanpur), Guhilas of Dhavagarta (present-day Dhor). None of these dynasties claimed any...
branch Rana of the Guhiladynasty, who regained control of the region, re-established the dynasty after defeating the Tughlaq dynasty, and captured present-day...
Rajasthan: Guhilas of Nagda-Ahar– most important branch and future ruling dynasty of Mewar. Guhilas of Kishkindha (modern Kalyanpur) Guhilas of Dhavagarta...
of Chittorgarh. A dynasty belonging to the Mori clan controlled the Chittor Fort and the surrounding region before the Guhiladynasty. The fort of Chittor...
The dynasty traces its ancestry back to Rahapa, a son of the Guhila king Ranasimha. Hammir Singh, a scion of this branch family of the Guhilas, re-established...
present-day Rajasthan, India. He belonged to the Rawal branch of the Guhiladynasty, which ruled from the Chitrakuta fort (modern Chittorgarh). The last...
Maharawal Samarsimha or Maharawal Samar Singh was the ruler of the Guhiladynasty from 1272 to 1301. He was the son of Rawal Tejasimha and father of Ratnasimha...
by Bappa Rawal, the Gurjar ruler of Guhiladynasty after several conflicts with Arabs. Chittorgarh Guhiladynasty Sisodias of Mewar Mori Rajputs समदानी...
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty...
as Rawal Jaitra Singh was the ruler of the Guhiladynasty from 1213 to 1252. During his rule, the Guhila Kingdom attained a high political status. Ekalinga...
refers to it as Kumarpal Charit. Bhomiya Rajput Caste system in India Guhiladynasty History of Rajasthan List of Indian monarchs List of Rigvedic tribes...
were the Pratiharas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and adjacent areas, the Guhilas and Chahamanas of Rajasthan, the Caulukyas or Solankis of Gujarat and Rajasthan...
Rawal Ranasimha also known as Rana Singh was the ruler of the Guhiladynasty in the 12th century. He succeeded his father Vikramsimha. He was succeeded...
the origins of the Kingdom of Mewar. It was originally ruled by the Guhiladynasty. Guhadatta is considered the first ruler of the kingdom in the 7th century...
Bharttripatta II or Rawal Bhartribhatta II (Bhartṛipaṭṭa) was a ruler of the Guhiladynasty in the Udaipur region of Rajputana in India in the first half of the...
Rawal Tejasimha, also known as Rawal Tej Singh, was a monarch of the Guhiladynasty who ruled from 1252 to 1273 after his father Jaitrasimha and before...
Rawal Allata (Rāwal Allaṭa) or Allata was a ruler of the Guhiladynasty. He was the son and successor of Rawal Bharttripatta II. He ruled from 951 to 971...
of the state was Rs.2,00,000 in 1901. The Maharawals belonged to the Guhiladynasty, Ahra Guhilot clan 1404: Pata 1428: Gopinath (Gaipa Rawal) - He constructed...