Cluster of Gujars in Delhi

[AP Singh]

AP said:

Hi Ashok,
Delhi was founded by Gujjar Tanwars (Tuars,Toors, Tomar) in 736AD. The earliest reference Of Gujjar Tanwars is found in an inscription at Pehpowa, ancient Prithudaka, in Karnal district of present day Haryana of the reign of Gujjar Pratihar king MahendraPal I. It states that their was a king Juala of the Gujjar Tanwar dynasty who obrained prosperity by looking after the affairs of Gujjar king.
The Gujjar Chauhan king Guaka II of Sakambri,the Son of Gujjar Chauhan king Chandan killed Gujjar Tanwar king Rudrena in the battle. At that time both the Gujjar tanwars and the Gujjar Chauhans were the Samants of Gujjar Pratihars. The foundation of the religious buildings at Pushkar were laid by the wife of Gujjar Chauhan king Chandan at that point of time.

The Son and successor of Guaka was Vakpatiraja I who ruled in the first quarter of tenth century and he stated to have harrased TantraPal who was on his way to Anant Gochara (seems to be country near Sikar) with a message of his overlord, the Gujjar Pratihars of kannaj. This statement makes it clear that at this point of the Gujjar Chauhans acquired enough power to defy the authority of Gujjar Pratihars the overlords of all kings of india.
Gujjar Chauhan VakpatiRaj built a Shiva temple at Pushkar. He had three sons Simharaja, Vatsraja and Lakshmana. Laksman founded a kingdom at Naddulla, in southren Marwar where his sucessors ruled for several centuries.Simhraja atscended the throne after Vakpati raja. He defeated the Gujjar Tomar general named Salvan and put in to prison a number of Gujjar Tanwars princes. In order to liberate them, the Gujjar Pratihar king of Kannauj the Devpal came to the house of Gujjar Chauhan at Sakambri in person. Iskla Matlab ye ki Gujjaron ki Panchayat ne faisla kar ke Delhi Wapas Gujjar Tanwars ko Dilwa dee. Subsequently the Simraja who ruled in the third quarter of third century freed his territories from the suzerainty of the Gujjar Pratihars who had about the time lost their imperial position. He is the first among the Gujjar Chahaman kings to assume the title of Maharajadhiraj. He granted a number of villages to the temple of Harshnath, which was constructed in AD 956 and lies near the village of harshnath about seven miles of Sikar.
The Gujjar Tanwars continued to rule Haryan till the middle of twelfth century when they were overthrown by Gujjar Chauhan king Vishaladev ( The famous Beesal Dev). King Beesal Dev was the real brother of Mandalji, the grandfarher of God DevNarayan. Mandalji built a big water tank ant Mandalgarh near Bhilwara, which is still there.

PrthiviRaj Chauhan was born in this branch of Gujjar Chauhans with Gujjar Tanwar mother, a princes of Delhi and thus became the king of Delhi since his maternal grandfather Anangpal, the Gujjar Tanwar king of Delhi had no son and adopted his grandson Prithviraj Chauhan.

Hi Ashok,
Some more information for you.

When Ghori left Delhi after taking Delhi he appointed Kootubudin a slave, as viceroy of Delhi and Ajmer. Kootubudin placed one "Gola" (Salve, born from Chauhan prince with slave mother) upon the throne of Ajmer mistaking this of the last appellation of the natural brother of the last Hindu King. It is mentioned by the bard Chund in his book the Exploits of Prithviraj. Col. James Todd has also given the referenence ( The historical record taken from the work of Muslim scholar Ferishta and translated by Dow.) This Gola could not claim that he was a Gujjar since he was not born from a Gujjar mother and hence could have told that he is Rajput (which is a true statement since he was son of king but not from the queen).

This information may be seen in the book The Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan By Jamed Todd Vol I page 145.

[AP Singh]

Hi Ashok,
This is further my this post Reply#1 in this thread.
The Gurjar Emperor Dev Pal (948-954) while returning from the house of Gujjar Chauhans at Sakambri, he was killed on the way back to kannauj by Rawal ALLAT of guhilot dynasty of Chittor, who was a third rank fuedatory king of Gujjar Pratihars through the second rank fuedatory kings, the Gujjar Parmar of Malwa.
This was probably done by the mistake since the Gujjar Emperor Dev Pal did not carry much of his army since he came on this trip to amicably resolve the issue between two clans of Gujjars themselves, the Gujjar Tanwars of Delhi and Gujjar Chauhans of Sakambri and did not expect any trouble.
Though probably by mistake but Rawat Allat had to pay for this mistake and he was immedaitely put to death by his lords, the Gujjar Parmara king Munja Raja and the a fuedatory of second rank of the Gujjar Pratihar overlords. Not only that the Guhilots were driven out of Chittor and no body from this dynasty was allowed to rule for few years till the reigh of Gujjar parmara king Vakpai Raj of Malwa who ruled over this territory on behalf of the Gujjar Pratihars overlords.Hence the Chittor which was given to Bappa Rawal,to rule, by Gujjar Parmars( The mother of Bappa Rawal was from Gujjar Parmar gotra and Guhilas are from the Gujjar Solankis of Gujarat) of Abu, on behalf of their Gujjar Pratihars overlords of Malwas was taken back in 954 by the death of Rawat Allat. After few years these Guhilots were allowed to rule from Ahar and that is the begining of another clan of Guhilots called Ahrias.

After the fall of Gujjar Pratihar empire in 1018, another clan of Gujjars from Gujrat, the Solankis defeated the Gujjar Parmars of Malwa and Chittor was taken by Sid Raj Jai Singh Solanki from Parmars of this dynasty and Guhilots became the Fuedatories of this Gujjar clan afterwards till the dynasties of these premier Gujjar clans came to an end, due to infighting among themselves and continiuous attacks by Muslim invaders.

The Founder of this Gujjar Solanki dynasty of Patan was Mulraj who was appointed as a fuedatory king of Gujjar Pratihars by the Emperor Mahi Pal in 941, just one year before of his death.