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| '''Gahlot''' is a clan of [[Jat people|Jat]]s<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&pg=PA17 | title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy? | publisher=SAGE | author=Dipankar Gupta | year=2004 | pages=12 | isbn=978-0-76193-324-3}}</ref> and [[Rajput]]s. The variations of the name include '''Gehlot''', '''Guhila''', '''Gohil''' or '''Guhilot'''.
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| ==History==
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| The [[Guhilas of Medapata]] belonged to this clan. The Atpur Inscription of 977 AD lists 20 kings starting with Guhadatta and ending with Saktikumara. Major cities included [[Nagda, Rajasthan|Nagahrada]] and Aghata. [[Chittor]] was captured by [[Bappa Rawal]] in the 8th century. The Guhilas fought the [[Paramara dynasty|Paramara]]s in the 11th century and the [[Chaulukya]]s in the 12th century. During the reign of Jaitrasimha (1213–1252 AD), Nagahrada was sacked by [[Iltutmish]]. Then Samarasimha (1273–1301 AD) submitted to Ulugh Khan before Ratnasimha was defeated by [[Alauddin Khalji]] in 1303 when [[Chittor Fort]] was captured.<ref name="sen">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=29–30}}</ref> According to 1274 CE Chittor inscription and 1285 CE [[Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple|Achaleshwar]] ([[Mount Abu|Abu]]) inscription of Vedasharma, Bappa Rawal "changed his priestly splendour for regal lustre". Based on this, scholars such as [[D. R. Bhandarkar]] theorized that the Guhilas were originally [[Brahmin]]s. [[G. H. Ojha]], however, believed that the statement in Vedasharma's inscription is a misinterpretation of the earlier Atpur inscription. The Atpur inscription describes Guhadatta as a "Mahideva", which according to historian R. V. Somani, can be translated as either "king" or "Brahmin"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.|last=Somānī|first=Rāmavallabha|date=1976|publisher=Mateshwari Publications|language=en}}</ref>
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| In present-day [[Rajasthan]], the Gahlot Rajputs ruled the princely states of [[Banswara State|Banswara]], [[Dungarpur State|Dungarpur]], [[Udaipur State|Mewar]], [[Pratapgarh State|Pratapgarh]] and [[Shahpura State|Shahpura]].<ref name="AK_2012">{{cite book |title=Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions Within Regions |editor-first=Ashutosh |editor-last=Kumar |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=9781136704000 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypKoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA400 |first=Sanjay |last=Lodha |chapter=Subregions, Identity, and Nature of Political Competition in Rajasthan |page=400}}</ref>
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| In [[Gujarat]], they are generally referred to as [[Gohil dynasty|Gohil]] and have once ruled the princely states of [[Bhavnagar State|Bhavnagar]], [[Palitana State|Palitana]], [[Lathi, Gujarat|Lathi]] and [[Vala State|Vala]].<ref name="VS_1994">{{cite book|author=Virbhadra Singhji|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&pg=PA38|year=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-546-9|page=38}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Rajput clans]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Mewar]]
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| [[Category:Indian surnames]]
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