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Pictures of Bhatinda fort of Bhati Gujjars built in Gujjar Kushan Era of Great Samraat Kanishka.

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[AP Singh]

The pesence of Vrajjershwari Devi Temple here further confirms the fact mentioned in Gwalior inscription of Gurjar Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan and Barikot inscription of his grandson Shahi king Jaipal that Gurjar Pratihars, Gurjar Nagaras are the branches of Varajjar ( Bajjad) Gotra of Gujjars. The details of inscription are as follows:

1. Gwalior ( Sagartal) inscription mention that Vailabhatta, the Governor of fort and protector of existing boundries of the empire was from Nagara branch of Varajjara gotra.

2. Barikot inscription says that Shahi king Jaipal ( Who was son of Mahipal of Pratihar branch of Varajjara Gujjars confirmed by other sources) founded some place in present day Pakistan and Afghanistan and named it as Varajjarsthan ( present day Vajirstan). This place is still dominated by the Gujjar and Bajjad gotra is one of the prominent gotra of Gujjar population.

3. The Nagarkot ( the fort of Nagara Gujjars) was also under control of Gujjar Shahi Samrat Jaipal and presence of Varajjaeshwari Devi temple ( The Godess of Varajjara Gujjars) further confirms the fact that the Nagara, Pratihar are the branches of Varajjara gotra of Gujjars.

Nagarkot means in English as the fort of Nagar Gujjars. The photos and other details of Nagarkot can be seen at the following site.

Dharamshala Tours,Dharamshala Tourism,Dharamshala India,Dharashala ...Today Kangra is also known as Bhawan or Nagarkot. Bhawan because of the Bajreshwari Devi Temple, and Nagarkot because of the fort Nagarkot. ...
www.minartravels.net/dharamshala-tours.html

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www.himachalhillstations.com/kangra-ji.html
BRAJESHWARI TEMPLE:

The Brajeshwari Devi temple, located in the old Kangra Township, is said to have been built over the charred breasts of Sati. This shrine, once renown for its great wealth, has been plundered relentlessly over the ages. The first of the plunderers was Mahmud of Ghazni, who looted it in 1009. A mosque was built on the ruins and a garrison was left behind. 35 years later, the local king regained its possession. The shrine was repaired and a replica of the idol was enshrined. The temple was filled with gold, silver and diamonds only to be ransacked again in 1360 by Firoz Tughlaq

Present Day Brajeshwari Devi temple

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Present Day Idol of Maa Brajeshwari Devi which is the The Godess of Varajjara Gujjars

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[Ashok Harsana]

I have to state it again that Pratihars were just an offshoot of hepthalites (white Huns), There chief clan was Tomar. As per my last few posts the fleet of best arcers among these Tomar huns were called Chapotkrtisht in Sanskrit and Chapotkat in Prakrit (which simply means strong bowman). Later these Chap Gurjar gained supremacy over other Gurjars and ruled Shrimal (Bhinmal) during 5th to 7th century AD. They were contemporary to Harsha and ruled a kingdom second to only that of him. As per Huen Tsang's available records the King of Pilomolo (bhinmal) was of Kuchilo (gurjar) origin and was a Pure kshtriya while harsha was not a pure kshatriya (harsha was rather called a Vaishya by varna).

By the passage of time a branch of these chap Gurjars residing in Salumbar area went downwards to Ujjain under Dadda-1. The descendant of this clan, Dadda-3, dethroned the wekened Vallabhis and captured Bharoch. in 712 AD, Nagbhatta-2, Grandson of Dadda-3 repelled a massive attack of Arabs under Bin Qasim and restricted the Arabs till Sindh. For this achievement Nagbhatta-2 was designated the title of parambhattarka (The title earlier used by Maitrik (Vallabhi) Kings) becasue Nagbhatta-2 was the ruler of the same area which was earlier used by maitriks. Other Gurjar Kings accepted the overlordship of Nagabhatta-2 and gave him a new name Pratihar (the saviour). Later these Royal Pratihars (who loved to call themselves as "Salumbare" (one who hails from salumbar) ruled a large part of South asia and gained prominence over all other Kings of North India.


www.indianexpress.com/news/eviden....-rule-f/457199/

www.jstor.org/pss/25210708

www.jstor.org/pss/25210490


I have provided enough links to prove that Dadda was a chap gurjar who migrated from Rajasthan during 7th century AD. It was also clear by those links that Chaps were of Tomar origin and so were the Royal Pratihars.


And if u still have any doubts then please see the last link

books.google.co.in/books?id=TPgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA639&lpg=PA639&dq=Journal+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland+By+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland+1+gurjara&source=bl&ots=lRDioIiRC1&sig=JEvD3PjNW62aiASSoIEpeVAoCew&hl=en&ei=AXqfS-L1M4KtrAf07P2ODg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false


on page no. 660 and 662, its clearly written that Anangpal the son of Trilochanpal, last Pratihar ruler, was a Tomar by gotra)

and BTW, we need to notice the entry of hepthalites into India and then suddenly there disappearance from the scenario. Almost all the historians have agreed that they were assimilated to the Indian population as kshatriyas.

Best Regards and keep researching...

[AP Singh]

Apr 9, 2010 20:50:28 GMT 5.5 Ashok Harsana said:

on page no. 660 and 662, its clearly written that Anangpal the son of Trilochanpal, last Pratihar ruler, was a Tomar by gotra)

and BTW, we need to notice the entry of hepthalites into India and then suddenly there disappearance from the scenario. Almost all the historians have agreed that they were assimilated to the Indian population as kshatriyas.

Best Regards and keep researching...

1. Hephtahlites ( Thewhite Huns were called as khastriyas only after 11th. Century. Pratihars are called as descendents of Lord Rama.
2. Dadda family was probably ( please read probably since I dont have any historical evidence) Chuahan branch of Gujjars. Guvika-I was ruling the area ruled by Dadda as a fuedatory of Nagabhatta-I and that is base of my assumption.
3. Gujjar Tanwars fuedatories of Gujjar Pratihars and their first inscription os found at Pehowa which belong to the reign of Mahendra Pal.
4. I have seen the pages shown by you but the writer himself is not sure and says that History of Gujjars is very obscure after Trilochanapala.
5. I found certain frauds in Indian history specially about Gujjars and still working to find more.
Some of these fault are as follows:
1. Nagara of Varajjara link of Gwalior inscription of Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan was killed by Dr. Vaidya. That link is the base of my findings about Varajjara, Pratihar and Nagara link. This information you will not find in any book but in inscription only since that bug inserted by Dr. Vaidya has been taken as the base of the the future assumption.
2. The Gujjar Empire is shown only half in the Map.
Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan extended the border of his Gujjar empire to Afghanistan including Kabul.
Samrat Mahipal made his two sons 1. Jaipal and 2. Devpal as his heirs of the throne. Jaipal was made the king of Lahore and Devpal was made the king of Lahore.

Jaipal line is as follows:
1. Jaipal 2. Anandpal, son of Jaipal 3. Trilochanapal son of Anandpal 4. Yashpal son of Trilochanapal.

Devpal line is as follows:
1. Devpal 2. Vijaypal 3. Rajyapal
Rajyapal was killed by Gujjar Chandila king Vidyadhara and other Gujjars fuedatories who felt insulted since he not only fled from the battle but agreed to pay taxes to Mahemud Gazni.

kannauj was given to Rashtrakuts who became Governor of Mahmud.

The Trilochanapal was friendly to Gujjar Chandila of Kalinjar. It is possible that the descendents of Rajyapal may have taken shetler at Delhi but it is highly unlikely that Gujjar Tanwars had given their kingdom tyo them.

Please do some research and provide the original source of information and not the secondry information which the author himself is calling as vague. . This will lead only to the confusion and we will not be able to arrive at right conclusion.

Here I would like give to another example:-

Solankis are called Mahipal Putra and Mulraj was made new chief of Solanki dynasty by Gujjar Pratihar Emperor Mahipal in 941.
Does that mean the Pratihar were Solankis earlier.

Pratihars is Gotra of Gujjar Kushan Era and either they were fuedatory rulers of Gujjar Kushans of Parthia and/or Potohar region. The were called Agnivansi because they also ruled Agnidesa ( Karashar).at some point of time during Gujjar Kushans. They are called raghuvanshi because they are originally Kushans, the descendents of Kusha, the son of lord Rama.

In thier own inscriptions they are nowhere written as descendents of Laxmna. This is a bug generated by the Brahmin scholars by adding information taken from another inscription of Harishchandra brahmin, who was not even Gujjar Brahmin but an adversary of Gujjars, the Rashtrakut.

[AP Singh]

I have written earlier that Chechi and Bhati Gotra belong to Gujjar Kushan Era. Also Tashkent is named after Chechi Gotra of Gujjars already clarified as Chach Khand ( Khand in sanskrit means segment or region, that means the land ruled by Chechi Gujjars under Gujjar Kushan if it is read in context with Gujjar Kushan empire).

Now many people may wonder how Bhutan ( area including Tibet and Bhutan during Gujjar Kushan Empire) is named after Bhati Gotra and Chechanya is named after Chechi Gotra of Gujjars.

Even today part of Bulandshar area is called as Bhatiner named after Gujjar Bhatis who are most populous here. Bahtner has Bhati Gujjars have84 villages of Bhati Gujjars and 27 villages of Nagara Gujjars but the complete area is called as Bhatiner only.

Separately cluster of 27 villages of Nagara Gujjars are called Nagdat or Nagarat similar to Gujerat is named after the Gujjar tribe.

[AP Singh]

Apr 10, 2010 16:19:42 GMT 5.5 @AP Singh said:

Now many people may wonder how Bhutan ( area including Tibet and Bhutan during Gujjar Kushan Empire) is named after Bhati Gotra and Chechanya is named after Chechi Gotra of Gujjars.

Bhutan must have been Bhatiyana originally as the land ruled and named after Bhati Gujjars and Chechanya must have been Chechiyana originally, the land ruled and named by the Chechi Gujjars, similar to Hariyana the land named after Hari, the God.

[Ashok Harsana]

Hello AP bhai saab,

I am not actually relying on the info provided here through links but I have read it at many places that the royal pratihar family (if not all Pratihars) was of Tomar origin. Salumbare or Lumbare was their family name and their subclan was Chapotkat.

Anyways you are very right to state that we need to research a lot as the Gurjar history and Gurjar origin has always been shrouded in mystery (thanks to Rajput bards). We will have to discuss and note each and every point logically and factually to reach any final result regarding the actual origin of pratihars.

Apr 10, 2010 15:17:52 GMT 5.5 @AP Singh said:

1. Hephtahlites ( Thewhite Huns were called as khastriyas only after 11th. Century. Pratihars are called as descendents of Lord Rama.

1. It is a well known fact that huns were a part of yuezhi federation which somehow managed to claim independence and established on the western frontiers of Kushan Empire. They were also called the later yuezhis (smaller yuezhi group).

www.silk-road.com/artl/heph.shtml
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Hephthalite


2. Huns were enlisted as Kshatriyas in the samskrit epic Raghuvansha (wrtitten by Kalidas, most probably in around 500 AD).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalidasa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuva%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba

It is written in Raghuvamsa (kalidasa in 5th century), Rajtarangini (by kashmiri Poet kalahan in 1147 AD), Harshacharita(Banabhatta in 7th century), Kumarpala Charita(hemchandra Suri in 12th century AD), Prithviraj Raso(Chand Bardai in 12th century AD) etc.
that Shweta huns (hepthalites) were kshatriyas who degraded to the level of mlechha due to their disrespect for the Hindu Dharma and different customs (worshipping many divinities, deformation of skulls, Polyandry i.e. Many brothers marrying one wife).

Apr 10, 2010 15:17:52 GMT 5.5 @AP Singh said:

2. The Gujjar Empire is shown only half in the Map.
Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan extended the border of his Gujjar empire to Afghanistan including Kabul.
Samrat Mahipal made his two sons 1. Jaipal and 2. Devpal as his heirs of the throne. Jaipal was made the king of Lahore and Devpal was made the king of Lahore.

Apr 10, 2010 15:17:52 GMT 5.5 @AP Singh said:

I have written earlier that Chechi and Bhati Gotra belong to Gujjar Kushan Era. Also Tashkent is named after Chechi Gotra of Gujjars already clarified as Chach Khand

I have serious doubts over the link between the Pratihars and Shahi Dynasty. I also dont think that Chach Brahmins were actually of Gurjar origin.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayapala

Jayapala Janjua Shahi, the son of Asatapala and father of Anandapal, was the first king and founder of the Hindushahi dynasty of Afghanistan and Northwest Pakistan
So the list will be like:
Asatapala>jaipala>anandpala>Trilochanpala>bhimpala

But according to your list
Jaipal line is as follows:
MAhipal>1. Jaipal 2. Anandpal, son of Jaipal 3. Trilochanapal son of Anandpal 4. Yashpal son of Trilochanapal.

And moreover the Gurjar Pratihars kings were:

Mahendrapala II (944 - 948)
Devpala (948 - 954)
Vinaykpala (954 - 955)
Mahipala II (955 - 956)
Vijaypala II (956 - 960)
Rajapala (960 - 1018)
Trilochanpala (1018 - 1027)
Jasapala (Yashpala) (1024 - 1036)


The confusion is regarding Trilochanpal...there might had been many Trilochanpals during 1000 to 1030 AD.

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