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

Battle of Rajasthan

Battle of Rajasthan

Junaid, the successor of Qasim, finally subdued the Hindu resistance within Sindh. Taking advantage of the conditions in Western India, which at that time was covered with several small states, Junaid led a large army into the region in early 738 CE. Dividing this force into two he plundered several cities in southern Rajasthan, western Malwa, and Gujarat.

Indian inscriptions confirm this invasion but record the Arab success only against the smaller states in Gujarat. They also record the defeat of the Arabs at two places. The southern army moving south into Gujarat was repulsed at Navsari by the south Indian Emperor Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakutas. The army that went east, after sacking several places, reached Avanti whose ruler Nagabhata (Gurjar-Pratihara) trounced the invaders and forced them to flee. After his victory Nagabhata took advantage of the disturbed conditions to acquire control over the numerous small states up to the border of Sindh.

Junaid probably died from the wounds inflicted in the battle with the Gurjar-Pratihara. His successor Tamin organized a fresh army and attempted to avenge Junaid’s defeat towards the close of the year 738 CE. But this time Nagabhata], with his Chauhan and Guhilot feudatories, met the Muslim army before it could leave the borders of Sindh. The battle resulted in the complete rout of the Arabs who fled broken into Sindh with the Gurjar-Pratihara close behind them.

In the words of the Arab chronicler, a place of refuge to which the Muslims might flee was not to be found. The Arabs crossed over to the other side of the Indus River, abandoning all their lands to the victorious Hindus. The local chieftains took advantage of these conditions to re-establish their independence. Subsequently the Arabs constructed the city of Mansurah on the other side of the wide and deep Indus, which was safe from attack. This became their new capital in Sindh. Thus began the reign of the imperial Gurjar-Pratiharas.

In the Gwalior inscription, it is recorded that Gurjar-Pratihara emperor Nagabhata "crushed the large army of the powerful Mlechcha king." This large army consisted of cavalry, infantry, siege artillery, and probably a force of camels. Since Tamin was a new governor he had a force of Syrian cavalry from Damascus, local Arab contingents, converted Hindus of Sindh, and foreign mercenaries like the Turkics. All together the invading army may have had anywhere between 10–15,000 cavalry, 5000 infantry, and 2000 camels.

The Arab chronicler Sulaiman describes the army of the Pratiharas as it stood in 851 CE, "The ruler of Gurjars maintains numerous forces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He is unfriendly to the Arabs, still he acknowledges that the king of the Arabs is the greatest of rulers. Among the princes of India there is no greater foe of the Islamic faith than he. He has got riches, and his camels and horses are numerous."[21]

At the time of the Battle of Rajasthan the Gurjar-Pratiharas had only just risen to power. In fact, Nagabhata was their first prominent ruler. But the composition of his army, which was predominantly cavalry, is clear from the description. There are other anecdotal references to the Indian rulers and commanders riding elephants to have a clear view of the battlefield. The infantry stood behind the elephants and the cavalry formed the wings and advanced guard.

At the time of the battle the Gurjar-Pratihara may have had up to 5,000 cavalry, while their Tomar, Guhilot and Chauhan feudatories may have had 2,000 horsemen each, added to which we may include infantry, camels, and elephants. So all told the Hindu and Muslim armies were evenly matched with the better cavalry in the former.