{{Short description|Clan of Rajputs}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{for|the dynasty of Medapata (Mewar)|Guhila dynasty}} '''Guhila''' is a clan of Rajputs and claims to be descendant from the Suryavanshi lineage .<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mondini |first=Umberto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQR_DwAAQBAJ&dq=guhila+suryavanshi&pg=PA18 |title=The Cult of Pābūjī |date=2018-12-12 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-2320-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Brajadulal Chattopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21SgAAAAMAAJ|title=Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts and Historical Issues|date=2006|publisher=Anthem|isbn=978-1-84331-132-4|pages=116|quote="The period between the seventh and the twelfth century witnessed gradual rise of a number of new royal-lineages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, which came to constitute a social-political category known as 'Rajput'. Some of the major lineages were the Pratiharas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and adjacent areas, the Guhilas and Chahamanas of Rajasthan, the Caulukyas or Solankis of Gujarat and Rajasthan and the Paramaras of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan."|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=David Ludden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBq9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|title=India and South Asia: A Short History|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-78074-108-6|page=89|quote=In the ninth century Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...|language=en}}</ref> They ruled a number of kingdoms and principalities including Mitaron,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omdDAAAAYAAJ |title=India Today |date=1999 |publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited |language=en}}</ref> Mewar, Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Shahpura, Bhavnagar, Palitana, Lathi and Vala.<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><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>
==History==
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 Nagahrada and Aghata. Chittor was captured by Bappa Rawal in the 8th century. The Guhilas fought the Paramaras in the 11th century and the Chaulukyas 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 (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 Brahmins. 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>
In present-day Rajasthan, the Gahlot Rajputs ruled the princely states of Banswara, Dungarpur, Mewar, Pratapgarh and Shahpura.<ref name="AK_2012"/>
In Gujarat, they are generally referred to as Gohil and ruled the princely states of Bhavnagar, Palitana, Lathi and Vala and Rajpipla.<ref name="VS_1994"/>
==See also== *Rajput clans ==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Kingdom of Mewar Category:Rajput clans Category:Rajput clans of Rajasthan