MularajaMularaja (941-996 CE) was the founder of the Chaulukya dynasty of India. Also known as the Chalukyas of Gujarat or Solanki, this dynasty ruled parts of present-day Gujarat. Mularaja supplanted the last Chavda king, and founded an independent kingdom with his capital in Anahilapataka in 940-941 CE. The Kumarapala-Bhupala-Charita of Jayasimha Suri provides a legendary genealogy of Mularaja. It states that the mythical progenitor of the Chaulukya dynasty was Chulukya, a great warrior.
VadnagarVadnagar is a town and municipality in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat in India. It just about 35 km from Mehsana city. Its ancient names include Anartapura (the town of Anarta) and Anandapura. It was a Buddhist location visited by Xuanzang in 640 C.E. Historian and archaeologist Alexander Cunningham has identified Anandapura with the town of Vadnagar. Vadnagar is also the birthplace of Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India. Anarta The archeological excavations presented sequence assigned from 4th-3rd century BCE to present period.
JunagadhJunâgadh (gujarâtî : જુનાગઢ - hindî : जुनागढ) est une ville de l'État du Gujarat en Inde, chef-lieu du District de Junagadh. Junagadh est située dans la presqu'île du Kathiawar. Citadelle d'Uparkot : construit au pied de la colline Girnar, cet impressionnant fort aurait été originellement construit en 319 av. J.-C.. Détruit et reconstruit à plusieurs reprises au fil des siècles, il a été abandonné entre les VII et VIII siècles avant d'être redécouvert en 976. En raison de sa position stratégique, le fort aurait été assiégé seize fois en 800 ans.
SindhurajaSindhuraja (IAST: Sindhurāja) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty, who ruled the Malwa region in the late 10th century. He was the younger brother of Munja, and the father of Bhoja. No inscriptions issued by Sindhuraja have been discovered, although he is mentioned in several later Paramara inscriptions, including inscriptions of Bhoja. Much of the information about his life comes from Nava-sahasanka-charita, an eulogistic composition by his court poet Padmagupta. The work is a fusion of history and mythology.
AsharajaAsharaja (IAST: Āśārāja, r. c. 1110–1119 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Naddula Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the area around Naddula (present-day Nadol in Rajasthan), before being dethroned by his nephew Ratnapala. He then accepted the suzerainty of his family's rival, the Chaulukya king Jayasimha Siddharaja. He participated in Jayasimha's successful war against the Paramara king Naravarman. His son Katukaraja seized the Naddula throne after his death. Asharaja was the youngest son of the Chahamana king Jendraraja.
MerutungaMerutuṅga was a medieval scholar from present-day Gujarat in India and was a Śvētāmbara Jain monk of the Añcala Gaccha. He is presently most well-known for his Sanskrit text, the Prabandhacintāmaṇi, composed in 1306 CE. He also wrote Vicāraśreṇī in 1350 CE which describes the chronology of Chāvḍā, Chaulukya and Vāghelā dynasties. Prabandha-Chintamani The Prabandhacintāmaṇi was composed in Vardhamāna (modern-day Wadhwan) in VS 1361 Phālguna Śukla 15, a Sunday.
BharuchBharuch (Gujarati : ભરૂચ), également appelée Baroche, et Broach en anglais, est une ville située à l’embouchure du fleuve Narmada au Gujarat (nord-ouest de l’Inde). Bharuch est le chef-lieu du district de Bharuch et constitue une municipalité de quelque . La ville était un important port depuis l’Antiquité, connu dans le monde gréco-romain sous le nom de Barygaza (ou Barigaza). vignette|gauche|Carte montrant les anciennes routes commerciales occidentales desservies par ce port ancien et historique.
VadodaraVadodara (gujarâtî : વડોદરા - hindi : बड़ौदा) ou Baroda est une ville de l'État du Gujarat en Inde, chef-lieu administratif du district éponyme et capitale de l'ancien État princier de Baroda. C'est la troisième ville la plus peuplée de l’État de Gujarat après Ahmedabad et Surate. Elle reste connue comme étant la capitale culturelle du Gujarat. Peuplée de plus de d’habitants, elle abrite de multiples sites architecturaux telles que le palais de Laxmi Vilas et la Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU).
Gurjarvignette|Un homme gurjar en 1868 Les Gurjar ou Gujjar (également connus sous le nom de Gojar et Goojar) sont une communauté agricole et pastorale ethnique de l'Inde, du Pakistan et de l'Afghanistan. Ils étaient connus sous le nom de Gurjaras à l'époque médiévale, un nom qui aurait été à l'origine un ethnonyme, et par la suite un démonyme. Bien qu’ils aient traditionnellement été impliqués dans l’agriculture (principalement dans l’élevage et les produits laitiers), les Gurjars forment un groupe hétérogène important qui se différencie en termes de culture, de religion, de profession et de statut socio-économique.
NaravarmanNaravarman (reigned c. 1094-1133 CE), also known as Naravarma-deva, was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty, who ruled in the Malwa region of central India. The Paramara power greatly declined during his reign, as a result of multiple military defeats. Naravarman was a son of the Paramara king Udayaditya. Paramara inscriptions describe military exploits and grants of Naravarman and his brother Lakshmadeva, but it is likely that Lakshmadeva never ascended the throne.
