Here I am providing the information of origin of Gurjara

Here I am providing the information of origin of Gurjara


Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan

has finished rashtrakuts forever and after his period of Gujjar Empire, Rashrakuts history is only imagination of the Indian Historians.r Empire.Among all the known Emperors of India from the first century onwards, the Empire of Gujjar Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan was the largest, except that of Kanishka, the Gujjar of Kushana Gotra. ( Some historians is of the opinion that Kanishka was from Khatana Clan of Gujjars). The outer boundries of Kanishka's Gujjar Kushana Empire were present day Georgia in Central Asia and present day Gujarat including Maharashtra and half of Karnataka.


Here I am providing the information of origin of Gurjara Pratihara. Nagara ( Gujjar Rulers of Nagavihara), Bajjad or Varajjara ( The Gujjar rulers of Vajra Vihara) are also the same as of Pratihara.As per the following historical record the Nagara, Varajjara and Pratihara clan of Gujjars seems to be the sub branch of the rulers of Khotan ( Khatana) which was one of the main branch of Gujjar Kushanas. It is clear that Vijaya Simha the Gujjar Khatana ruler made Pota-rya a great Vihara which is called as Potohar region of present day Pakistan. Similarly Bajaur ( Vajra Vihara), and Nagarhar ( Nagavihara) are located in present day NWFP and Afghanistan and the Gujjar rulers of these areas were Nagara and Varajjara Gujjars. Nagara and Varajjara are one and the same is also supported by the Gwalior inscription of Gujjar Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan.The Gujjar rulers of Pota-rya Vihara were called the Gujjar Pratihar. Here I would like to mention that All these Gujjar Gotras are ruling title of Gujjar Rulers during the days of Gujjar Kushana Empire.According to the "Annals of Li-yul" ( Rockhill: Life of Buddha, pp.238 ff), Vijayasimha, the successor of Vijayvirya married Chinese Princess Pu-nye-shar, the daughter of the ruler of China. She was responsible for raiming silk worms much against the wishes of her husband, who later on repented for his deeds. He called from India the Bhikshu Sanghaghosa and made him his spritual adviser, and to atone for his wickedness he built the Po-ta-rya and Madza Caitya and a great Vihara ( Stein: Ancient Khotan, p 230)

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Historical and Cultural Chronology of Gujarat - Page 248by Manjulal Ranchholdlal Majmudar - Gujarat (India) - 1960156 ), refers to Nagara Bhattakumara of the Varjjara family, originally from ...Snippet view

1. In Gwalior inscription the word Nagara

is mentioned for Nagari Gujjars.2. In Skandpurana the Nagara Khand is about the Nagara Gujjars. If you want to know more please initiate a thread at allempire com where others ( Than Gujjars) can be involved in the discussion).3. In Babarnama word Nagari is used for the ruler of Present Day udaipur. ( Nagada as the capital). Nagda ( Near Udaipur and not the one which is in MP, though the both the places must be included in old capital of Nagari Gujjar known as Nagada Valley) 4. In Gwalior inscription the Nagara is mentioned as the branch of Varajjara. The Old name of Kangda was Nagarkot ( The fort of Nagar Gujjars) and the pemple of Godess built there is called the Varrajaraeshwari Devi temple.5. Gwalior and Nagada has exactly the same style of Vishnu Temples, called as sasbahu temple temples. It proves that both the places were ruled by Nagadi Gujjars.6. The Area ruled by Nagari Gujjars was called Bagad ( During Gujjar Pratihar rulre), which is nothing but another name of Bajaur ( Vajra Vihara) and Nagda ( another name of Naga Vihara). Bajaur and Nangarhar were the placed ruled by these celebrated clans during the Gujjar Kushana Empire.7. The rulers of Mathura during the Gujjar Kushan rule were Nagara Gujjars which are wrongly written as Nag dynasty by the Indian Historians.Mathura was the winter capital of Great Gujjar Kusahana. Peshawar was the capital and samarkand was the summer capital.The Words Nagara, Nagar and Nagari ( Nagre, Nagde) are all the same and is a celebrated gotra of Gujjars.One more thing i would inform you that Nagabhatta the Great started his winning campaign from Nagada ( the capital of Gujjar Nagaris) and not from Ujjain as is written by many historians. That is the reason he called at many places and Nagavaloka, that is the ruler of Nagada valley, the valley which joins the present day Gujarat to present day Malwa.



see the Historical records about Rajatiraya ( Shah-nu-shahi, the official title of Gujjar Kushan Emperors).The first concrete evidence of Khatana Gujjar is found in a document probably of the 3rd century, discovered by M. A. Stein at the site of Endere (facsimile in Stein, 1921, pl. xxxviii; transcription in Boyer and Senart, p. 249; tr. 1940, p. 137; cf. Emmerick, 1979, p. 168 and nIt was written in a local Middle Indian dialect in Kharoṣṭhî script by Khotana maharaya rayatiraya hinajha Vij’ida Siṃha "General Vijida Simha, great king, king of kings of Khotan" in his tenth chuna (< Khot. kṣuṇa) "regnal year." The Khotanese title hînâysa (pronounced hînâza, lit. "army leader") is also attested in much later indigenous texts. 2. About the Nagara and Varajjara Gujjars refer the following books:The history of the Gurjara-Pratihāras - Page 82by Baij Nath Puri - India - 1986 - 246 pages... refers to Nagara Bhattakumara of the Varjjara family, originally from ...Snippet view

22 March Gujjar International Day

History of Kushana Gurjar Kingdom

The Kapilavastu Controversy Part III:History of Kushana Gurjar Kungdom :

After visiting the Piprahwa Stupa, Krishna Mohan Srivastava, who was a superintending archaeologist with the Archeological Survey of India took a decision. He decided to commence immediately, excavations over a wide area in Piprahwa to settle, once for all, the controversy about Kapilavastu. He had the support of a previous report of 1962, written by his co-archeologist, Mrs. D. Mitra, who after extensive excavations in the Tiaurkot area, had reported in unequivocal terms that Kapilavastu ruins can be found only near Piprahwa. Srivastava had a premonition that the relic caskets discovered by William Peppe in 1897-98, could not be the original ones received by Sakyas of Kapilvastu as one of the eight claimants to a portion of relics of the Buddha after he was cremated at Kushinagar and which were solemnized by them in a Stupa, for one simple reason. As mentioned earlier, there was an inscription on one of the smaller urns, which was written in a script, whose style clearly pointed to third century BCE. This meant that more than two centuries had passed from the time of Buddha’s cremation in 483 BCE before this urn was solemnized. A noted orientalist and indologist, Sylvain Lévi had already expressed his opinion that this inscription was probably engraved on the occasion of the rebuilding of the ancient Stupa as a mark of earlier solemn dedication. Srivastava had a feeling that the earlier and original relics must be still deep down below the relics found by William Peppe in the Stupa. He started his excavation with a small trench in the north eastern quadrant.

It should be more interesting to read about Srivastava’s excavation work in his own words. I quote from a report written by him:

“ A small trench was sunk in its north-eastern quadrant, which revealed interesting features. An outline of the shaft bored by Peppe could be easily observed. At a depth of six metres from the extant top of the stupa, two burnt brick chambers came to light. These chambers, separated from one another by 65 cms. of yellowish compact clay mixed with kankar, were at a much lower level than the spot where the stone box containing the inscribed casket had been found by Peppe. There was a mud deposit, about six centimetres thick, between the last course of the burnt brick stupa and the chambers. The two chambers were identical in shape, measuring 82 x 80 x 37 cms. The specific purpose of the brick chambers, to keep the sacred objects, was apparent enough from the nature of their construction.

A soapstone casket and a red ware dish placed close to each other were observed in the northern chamber after the top three courses of brick had been removed. This dish was covered by another dish of the same type, which had broken into three pieces. Both the soapstone casket and the dish were found to be carefully packed with the help of bricks and brickbats. The casket contained fragments of charred bone. The contents of the dish could not be distinguished, because it was badly smashed and filled with earth. That there were no bone fragments in it, is, however, certain. The positions of the casket and dishes were different in the southern brick chamber. Two dishes, of the same type and size as in the northern chamber, were placed side by side just below the topmost course of the brick. Both dishes were reduced to fragments. When two further courses of brick were removed, another soapstone casket, bigger in size, came to light. The lid of the casket was found broken. On removal of the earth, which had filled up the casket, charred bones were found inside. Since the relic caskets were found in deposits contemporaneous with the Northern Black Polished Ware, they could be dated to the fifth-fourth centuries B.C., and thus earlier than the inscribed relic casket discovered by Peppe at a higher lever, and also distinguished stratigraphically. The possibility that the stupa at Piprahwa could be the same as that constructed by the Sakyas at Kapilavastu over their share of relics received at Kushinagar increased.”

one of the soapstone caskets found by Srivastava

Having settled the doubts regarding originality of Piprahwa Stupa and the original relics of Buddha, Srivastava resumed excavation work on the ruins of a monastery on the eastern side. During excavation of the cells and the veranda on the northern side, Srivastava’s team was able to find about 40 terracotta sealings at various depths and spots. Most of the sealings were round with few being oval. Each Sealing had one of the following embossed on a side.

1.”Om Devaputra Vihare Kapilavastu Bhikkhusamghasa.”

(The term Devaputra means Son of Gods, but was a title given to themselves by Kushan Kings like Kanishka or Huvishka. The legend therefore can be read as:)

“ Om of the community of monks of Kapilavastu in the monastery of Kanishka or Huvishka”

2.”Maha Kapilavastu Bhikshusamghasa”

Which means

“ Of the community of Buddhist monks of great Kapilavastu”

3.“ Sarandasasa.”

(The third group carry the names of monks. One of them has been read as above)

sealings bearing the legend “Kapilavastu”

After more excavations Srivastava was also able to find two massive burnt brick structural complexes, with impressive projected entrances to the east and many other structures. In a nearby site at in Ganwaria, even more burnt brick structures were found. There was a surprise silence of about three years, before Archeological survey of India finally announced, much to the heartburn of their Nepali counterparts, that the real Kapilavastu has been found. Srivastava says this, in his report, quite unequivocally and I quote:

“The proximity of these structures to the ancient site of Piprawha, where the sealings with the name of Kapilavastu were found, their impressive size and constructional features and the large quantity of

antiquities found within them, leave little doubt that the structures formed the residential complex of the chief of the capital town, Kapilavastu, i.e., the Sakya King Suddhodhana and his predecessors.”

Piprahwa Ruins

Archeological Survey of India has now put up signs at the sites in Piprahwa and Ganwaria stating that the sites are, where original Kapilvastu in which Goutama Buddha grew up, stood once. Uttar Pradesh state of India has renamed that area as Kapilavastu and tour operates have started including Piprahwa as Kapilavastu in their tours. New Delhi’s National Museum proudly displays the urn containing the Buddha relics.

Piprahwa Stupa and the ruins

Does it mean that the controversy is now over? It does not seem so. Nepali archeologists and large section of the scholars refuse to accept India’s claims and many more studies are going on. They also point out that Indian archeologists have failed to find any ruins of fortifications and gates around the ancient city at Piprahwa, which exist in Tiaurkot. The main lacuna in Nepali standpoint however remains to be absence of a Stupa carrying relics.

Ganwaria ruins

There is one more loose end, which bothers me. William Peppe, in his detailed description, mentions finding of gold pieces, pearls and all kinds of precious stones in the Piprahwa Stupa along with the caskets. He appears to be a man genuinely interested in Archeology and considering the manner he has chosen to give description of these treasures, found inside Stupa, it seems highly unlikely that he had just disposed of these treasures for his gains. The archeological treasures have to be some where, safely kept by him.

It now appears that this loose end, the other contents found by William Peppe, had surfaced in London in 2004 themselves.