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Solanki also known as Chaulukya is a clan name originally associated with the Agnivanshi Kshatriyas (Rajputs) in Northern India but which has also been borrowed by other communities such as the Saharias as a means of advancement by the process of sanskritisation.
The Chaulukya dynasty (IAST: Caulukya), also Solanki dynasty, was a dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Gujarat in western India, between c. 940 CE and c. 1244 CE. Their capital was located at Anahilavada (modern Patan). At times, their rule extended to the Malwa region in present-day Madhya Pradesh. The family is also known as the "Solanki ...
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
This is a list of Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh.A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor.
The Sindhi Mochi are an endogamous community and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are the Parmar, Solanki, Baghela, Rathore, Gohil and Chauhan. All these are also well known Rajput clans. [3] The majority of Sindhi Mochi are still employed as shoemakers. A majority are now employed as wage labourers.
Solanki may refer to: Solanki dynasty, alternate name for the Chaulukya dynasty; People. Solanki (name), an Indian surname; Solanki (clan), an Indian social group;
The Vaghela dynasty were an offshoot vassal clan connected to the Chaulukya dynasty, ruling Gujarat in the 13th century CE. Their capital was Dholka.They were the last Hindu dynasty to rule Gujarat before the Muslim conquest of the region.
They were admitted in the Hindu caste system after performing a fire ritual. [23] James Tod, who relied on bardic legends, was the first to propose this theory. [24] He speculated that the Agnivashi Rajputs, who were of "good-stature and fair", could not have descended from the "dark, diminutive and ill-favoured" aboriginal natives of India.