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Name: Chaulukya dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 943 AD

End: 1244 AD

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Was a dynasty that ruled parts of what are now Gujarat and Rajasthan in north-western India.

Establishment


  • January 943: Samantsimha of the Chavda Dynasty did not have any children so he adopted his nephew Mularaja who overthrew him in 942 and established the Chaulukya dynasty.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Mahmud


    Expansion during the rule of Mahmud of the Ghaznavids.

  • January 1026: During the reign of Chaulukya King Bhima I, the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud invaded the Kingdom and raided the Somnath temple during 1024-1025 CE.

  • 2. Conquests of Simhana II


    Expansion during the rule of Simhana II of the Seuna.

  • January 1233: The Chaulukya-Yadava conflict in Khambat ended in c. 1232 with a peace treaty between the two dynasties. The territory of Khambat was then ceded to the Seuna dynasty.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • February 1026: During the reign of Chaulukya King Bhima I, the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud invaded the Kingdom and raided the Somnath temple during 1024-1025 CE.

  • January 1037: The Chaulukyas were one of the several dynasties that rose to power amid the decline of the Gurjara-Pratihara and the Rashtrakuta empires.

  • January 1037: The Guhilas assumed sovereignty after the decline of the Gurjara-Pratiharas in the 11th century.

  • January 1037: Establishment of the Chudasama Dynasty.

  • January 1069: The Danta State was founded in 1068.

  • January 1071: The Chalukyas of Lata were ultimately defeated by the Chaulukyas of Gujarat.

  • January 1091: The Zalawad state was founded in 1090 by Harpal Dev Makwana.

  • January 1094: The kingdom of Dhundhar or Dausa, was founded in 1093 by Dullah Rai, also known as Dulha Rao.

  • January 1148: Cutch, also spelled Kutch or Kachchh also historically known as Kingdom of Kutch, was a kingdom in the Kutch region from 1147.

  • January 1151: Patan is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. In the 12th century, it became the centre of a minor state called Tanwarawati or Torawati, ruled by a Tomar family.

  • January 1194: In 1193 Porbandar State was founded by an ancestral ruler expelled from Morvi State.

  • January 1195: Establishment of the Palitana State.

  • January 1198: Dungarpur State was founded in 1197 by Samant Singh, the eldest son of the ruler of Mewar, Karan Singh.

  • January 1227: Foundation of the Jodhpur Kingdom, also known as Kingdom of Marwar.

  • January 1228: A predecessor state was founded around 1227 by an ancestor of the later kings named Thakore Jaspal, but its history is obscure.

  • January 1235: Paramara ruler Devapala defeated the Delhi Sultanate's governor and regained control of the city of Bhilsa (modern-day Vidisha).

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1245: Establishment of the Vaghela Dynasty.
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