Chavda (Gurjar clan): Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Clan of the Gurjar ethnic community}}

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| caste_name = '''Chavda''', '''Chavada''', '''ચાવડા'''

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| religions = {{hlist| [[Hinduism]] | [[Islam]] }}

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| region = {{hlist| [[Gujarat]] | [[Rajasthan]] [[Punjab, Pakistan]] | [[Azad Kashmir|Kashmir]] | [[Punjab,India]] | [[Uttar Pradesh]] | [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}

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'''Chavda''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=P. G. |url=http://archive.org/details/dublasofgujarat033292mbp |title=The Dublas Of Gujarat |date=1958 |publisher=Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. |others=Osmania University, Digital Library Of India |pages=6 |quote=The '''Chavdas''' (720 to 956) Chapotkatas were themselves Gurjar Kings, but became popular and laid the foundations for Anahilwad Patan which led to the beginnings of Gujarat.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=singh |first=Rajinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_zkEAAAQBAJ&dq=Gurjar+clan+Chapas&pg=PA13 |title=Gujrat Indian State |date=2023-01-01 |publisher=Guarav book center |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bipin Shah |url=http://archive.org/details/agnikul-legend-and-origin-of-gujarati-speaking-community |title=Agnikul Legend and Origin Of Gujaratis |date=2020-03-15 |pages=5 and 6 |quote=pithet "Pratihara" after "Gurjara" comes with dubious distinctions. Some opines that they served as a body guards to other rulers like Guhilot while some say the epithet was given as the defender of the India's frontier since they repulsed and threw out Arab's from India's heartland. In spite of their military success, they must have remained delegitimized in the eyes of masses and Brahmins because of their obscure foreign origin. The other Gujjar clans like Chauhan, Paramara, Solanki, '''Chavda''', Vaghela and Guhilot remained the allies and fiduciary to paramount ruler of Imperial Gurjara-Pratihara.}}</ref> ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]:ચાવડા), (often as spelled '''Chavada''',<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Warikoo |first1=Kulbhushan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxtuAAAAMAAJ&q=Chavada+Gujars |title=Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir |last2=Som |first2=Sujit |date=2000 |publisher=Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya |pages=26 and 27 |language=en |quote=It appears that two ruling families Mandor family and the Gurjars, Chavada and Imperial Pratihar successively at Bhinmal, ruled side by side in Marwar. "57 It shows that the '''Chavada''' and their successors the Pratihar or Padhyar were Gurjars and were quite distinct from Mandor family.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sagar |first=Krishna Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UA4rkm9MgkC&dq=Chavada+Gurjaras&pg=PA254 |title=Foreign Influence on Ancient India |date=1992 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |isbn=978-81-7211-028-4 |pages=254 |language=en}}</ref> '''Chawada''',<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Raghavan |first=V. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_6pCQAAQBAJ&dq=Chawada+Gujjar&pg=PA257 |title=Conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir: Impact on Polity, Society and Economy |date=2012-05-09 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-82573-33-3 |pages=257 |language=en |quote=History tells us that Gujjars have ruled from Gujarat, Jodhpur, and Kathiawad to Baliya during 641 century A.D. and during this time it was known as Gujjar Desh. '''Chawada''' and Solanki Gujjars have ruled over Deccan Gujarat from 610-942 A.D, while Gujjars ruled over here from 700-1573 A.D.}}</ref> '''Chawda''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khari |first=Rahul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lGgAAAAMAAJ&q=Chavada+Gujars |title=Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture |date=2007 |publisher=Reference Press |isbn=978-81-8405-031-8 |pages=92 |language=en |quote=The name itself tells Gujarat, Gujartta, or Gurjar- rashtra or in previous time Gujar Desh. This place was their first place to enter into India at that time. This state was ruled by Huns, Gurjar Pratiharas and later '''Chawda''' Gujars.}}</ref> '''Chawara'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nijjar |first=Bakhshish Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQM9voN21ekC&q=Chawara+Gujjar&pg=PA224 |title=Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India: 900 B.C.-1947 A.D. |date=2008 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-269-0908-7 |pages=224 |language=en}}</ref> or '''Chapotkata'''<ref name=":0" />) is a prominent clan of the [[Gurjar]] ethnic community.

They are predominantly found among Hindu Gujjars, but there are some Muslims as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Gurjar Gotra |url=https://learngurjari.dlohia.com/gurjar-gotra |access-date=2023-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210045001/https://learngurjari.dlohia.com/gurjar-gotra |archive-date=2023-12-10 }}</ref>

==Geographical distribution==

Some Chavda Gurjars can be found in [[Punjab, Pakistan]], although they are mostly found in Indian states of Rajasthan,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> Madhya Pradesh, [[Himachal Pradesh]], Uttar Pradesh,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Social Groups Of India {{!}} Demographics Of India |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/25411050/Gujjar-Gurjar |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref> [[Punjab,India|Punjab]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and Gujarat.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==See also==

*[[Chavda dynasty]]

==References==

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==Further reading==

* Radhakumud Mookerji (1912) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=QovNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA169&dq=Chavada+clan+of+Gujars&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq1LWH9bKDAxVMVvEDHf8UB1c4ChDrAXoECAIQBQ#v=onepage&q=Chavada%20clan%20of%20Gujars&f=false Indian Shipping: A History of the Sea-borne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times] Longmans, Green and Company. p.&nbsp;169

* [[James Campbell (historian)|James M.Campbell]] (1901) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=Wr4MAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA560&dq=Gujjar+clans+Chavadas&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK18HD9KuDAxU6bPEDHYyQAswQ6wF6BAgIEAU#v=onepage&q=Gujjar%20clans%20Chavadas&f=false Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Volume 9, Part 1] Printed at the Government Central Press. p.&nbsp;480

* [[Krishna Chandra]] (1992) Sagar [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=0UA4rkm9MgkC&pg=PA254&dq=Chavada+Gurjaras&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiktqjW9auDAxXZcvEDHXbqDA0Q6wF6BAgIEAU#v=onepage&q=Chavada%20Gurjaras&f=false Foreign Influence on Ancient India] Northern Book Centre. p.&nbsp;254

* Krishna Chandra Sagar (1992) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=0UA4rkm9MgkC&pg=PA254&dq=Chavadas+Gurjaras&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX4L2m87KDAxU6k_0HHXN6Dg8Q6wF6BAgMEAU#v=onepage&q=Chavadas%20Gurjaras&f=false Foreign Influence on Ancient India] Northern Book Centre. p.&nbsp;254

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