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'''Dyas''', also spelled '''Diyas''', was an 11th-century [[Chudasama dynasty|Chudasama]] king of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of western India mentioned in bardic literature and folklore. He is not known from historical sources. He was defeated and killed by Patan Raja (probably Chaulukya ruler). So Chudasama domain fell under Chaulukyas for some years. <br />
==In bardic literature and folklore==<br />
During his reign, the Raja (king) of [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] invaded his dominions and conquered the capital town of Vamanasthali (now [[Vanthali]]). So Dyas fled to the [[Uparkot Fort|Uparkot]] of [[Junagadh]] to which the Raja laid siege. Some sources name the Raja as Durlabhsen (possibly [[Durlabharaja (Chaulukya dynasty)|Durlabharaja]]). Different reasons are assigned for the war but the accounts are unanimous in representing Dyas to have insulted one of the ladies of the Raja's family while on a pilgrimage to [[Girnar]] near Junagadh. After much difficulty the Uparkot was taken, they massacred the garrison and Dyas was slain.<ref name="Parikh">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325016/page/n163|title=ગુજરાતનો રાજકીય અને સાંસ્કૃતિક ઇતિહાસ: સોલંકી કાલ|last=Shastri|first=Keshavram Kashiram|publisher=Bholabhai Jeshingbhai Institute of Learning and Research|year=1977|editor-last=Parikh|editor-first=Rasiklal Chhotalal|editor-link=Rasiklal Parikh|series=Research Series - Book No. 69|volume=IV|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=135|language=gu|trans-title=Political and Cultural History of Gujarat: Solanki Era|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri|editor-last2=Shastri|editor-first2=Hariprasad Gangashankar|editor-link2=Hariprasad Shastri}}</ref><br />
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When Dyas died, his son [[Navaghana (king)|Navagahana]] was a child and was secretly raised. After few years of reign by governors appointed from Patan, Navaghana regained the throne when he became an adult.<ref name="Parikh"/><br />
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==Dates==<br />
According to bardic tales and folklore, he was a son and the successor of [[Kavat (king)|Kavat]] and reigned from Vamanasthali (now [[Vanthali]]) from 1003 CE to 1010 CE.<ref name="Parikh" /><br />
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====Aftermath====<br />
After the death of Dyas, his widow Somal De became a [[Sati (practise)|sati]] and Dyas son from queen Somal the Patan Raja placed a ''thana'' (governorship) in Junagadh and Vanthali.<br />
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When Junagadh was taken one of his Ranis or maid of the Rani fled with his young son [[Ra Navghan I|Navghan]] to Eiavej in Und and thence took shelter with [[Ahir]] [[Devayat Bodar|Devaiyat of Alidhar Bodidhar]]. This man is celebrated in local poetry as having allowed his son Vasan to be taken and put to death by the ''thanadar'' (governor) in order to save Navghan. When Navghan grew, he regained the dominion with help of Ahirs.<ref name="Wilberforce-Bell1980">{{cite book|author=Harold Wilberforce-Bell|title=The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70165|year=1916|publisher=William Heinemann|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70165/page/n86 54]–83}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="GBP1884">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c70MAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA711|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency : Kathiawar|publisher=Government Central Press|year=1884|editor=Watson|editor-first=James W.|volume=VIII|location=Bombay|pages=491–492}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><br />
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In some bardic poetry, Dyas is represented to have captured the Rana of [[Chittor]] and brought him to Junagadh as a prisoner but this is probably bardic exaggeration.<ref name="Wilberforce-Bell1980"/><ref name="GBP1884"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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