Volume 1

The annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajpoot states of India / by Lieutenant Colonel James Tod.

James Tod

Date:: 1895

Credit: The annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajpoot states of India / by Lieutenant Colonel James Tod. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$They became sovereigns, if not; founders, of Ballabhi, which had a sepa- rate era of its own, called the Balabhi Samvaty according with S-. Yicrama 375.§ Hence they became the Balaca-raes, or kings of Balabhi; a title maintained by successive dynasties of Saurashtra for a thousand years after this period, as can be satisfactorily proved by genuine history and inscriptions. Gajni, or Gayni, was another capital, whence the last prince, Siladitya (who was stain), and his family, were expelled by Parthian invaders in the sixth century. A posthumous son, called Grahaditya, obtained a petty sovereignty at Edur. The change was marked by his name becoming the patronymic, and Grahilote/ vulgo ‘Gehlote,’ designated the Suryavansa of Rama. With reverses and migration from the wilds of E luf to Aharjj, the Gehlote was changed to Aharya, by which title the race continued to be de signated till the twelfth century, when the elder brother, Rahup, abandoned his claim to The throne of Cheetore,’ obtained^! by force of arms from the M ori,** and settled at Dongurpoor, which he yet holds, as well as the title ‘Aharya : while the younger, Mahup, establishel the seat of power at Seesoda, whence Seesodia set aside both Aharya and Gehlote. Seesodia is now the common title of the race j but being only a subdivi- sion, the Gehlote holds its rank in the cula, The Gohlote cula is subdivided into twenty-four sacha, or ramifications,, few of which exist ^ 3. Aharya t b 0 9 » 9 9 0 9 At Dongurpoor. 2. Mangulia... 9 • • 0 9 9 » In the Deserts* 3* Seesodia « • b 9 9 0 0 9 9 Me war* 4. Peeparra 0 » • 49'm 0 4 4 In Mar war* 5. Kalum boo 0 4 9 • • • 6; Gehor .4. 9 • • 0*9 So '• • 7. Dhornia ... * ® 0 • • • • • • 8. Godah. • 0 9 9 9 9 4 0 9. Mugrasah... b 4 9 4 9 9 « 0 9 - 10> Bhimla • « • 0 9 0 9 • e In few numbers, 11. Kamkotuo.,6 • b 6 • '« 9 4 • • and mostly now* 12. Kotecha ... 0 4 0 • • 9 • 9 9 unknown-* 13. Sorah 0 « » lie J 0 4 9 14. Oohur ... • ♦ • 0 9 b 4 4 9 51. Oo3eba 4 o'o • • h b ‘o 4 16. Nir-roop ..» 699 • • » boo 17. Nadoria ... 4 99 • 99 449 18. Nadhota ... 9 9b • 49 © 0 0 19. Ojakra • 4 9 4 49 4 4 4 20. Kootchra ... 9 4 9 9 9b 949 J Almost extinct. § A. . 319. The inscription recording this, as well as others relating to Ballahbi and this era, I discovered in Shu ashtra, as Well as the site of ihis ancient capital, occupying ihe position of ,c Byzantium” in Ptolemy’s geography of India. They will be given in the 1'Lh actions of the Royal Asiatic Societv. J 'iranS* \] Anundpoor Ahar, or ‘Ahar the city of repose.’ By the tide of events, the family wa# destined to fix their last capital, Oodiuoor, near Ahar. J ^ The middle of the eight century. ** A^pramarS pvjnoe^$