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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 ...

Gujjar inscriptions 4

Gujjar inscriptions 4 [VIKRAMA-] SAMVAT-1016 Edited By F. KIELHORN, PH.D., LL.D., C.I.E.; GOTTINGEN.The stone which bears this inscription was found, about eighteen years ago, near the temple of Nilkantha Mahadeva, among the ruins of the city of Paranagar which are to the south of the village of Rajor or Rajorgadh, on a lofty range of hills in the Rajgadh district of the Alwar State in Rajputana, about 28 miles south-west of the town of Alwar; and it is now preserved at Alwar itself. The inscription was first published by the late Dr. Rajendralal Mitra, in the Proceedings of the Bengal Asiatic Society, 1879, p. 157 ff. from a transcript prepared by Pandit Bhavanda and his brothers, of Alwar; and it has again been printed in the Prachinalekhamala of the Kavyamala, Vol. I. p. 53 ff., from another copy supplied by the same gentlemen. I now re-edit the inscription from rubbings which have been procured for me by Dr. Fleet.The inscription contains 23 lines of writing which covers a space o...

Gujjar International Day

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22 March is Gujjar International Day. 

Yuezhi – Kushan - Gujjar Relationship and Kushan Chronology

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The Kushite-Kushan Connection Alice C. Linsley http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-kushite-kushan-connection.html I have been exploring the connection between the ancient Kushites and the Kushan (Kuşāņa) of Bactria and China. The earliest Kushan dynasty about which we have information dates to between 5 B.C. and 50 A.D.  The Kushan split into northern and southern empires around 330 A.D. There is DNA evidence to confirm the Kushite migration out of Africa. The Kushan-Yuezhi provide evidence of the perhaps the most recent movement of the Kushites out of Africa. Some moved into central Asia and China and others moved into Japan. They are also called Gurjar. Gurjar is a reference to their mercantilism and metal work. In Akkadian gurguri means metalworkers or copper smiths. In Oromo gurguru means to sell (gurgurtaa = sale, gurguraa = seller). In Somali gur- refers to collecting something and gurgure means one who collects and keeps collecting. The Gurgure cla...

Siddhartha Gautama

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The "Great Departure" of Siddhartha Gautama, surrounded by a halo, he is accompanied by numerous guards, maithuna loving couples, and devata who have come to pay homage; Gandhara, Kushan period