Junagadh

Who holds it

Name

The Chudasama raja (see Chudasamas of Junagadh); the name of the raja in 1200 is not pinned

Title

Chudasama raja

Since

not pinned

Born

not pinned

Confidence

low

See Chudasamas of Junagadh; Wikipedia's Chudasama page; the campaign board.

Lord in 1200

The Chudasama raja (see Chudasamas of Junagadh); the name of the raja in 1200 is not pinned

How things stand that morning

A raja in a rock fort, loyal to Gujarat when Gujarat is strong.

Communities

Jain pilgrims and merchants (Girnar's Neminatha), Brahmins, Nagars, Muslim traders from the coast.

Walls and castle

The Uparkot citadel on its rock mound, a very old fortified site; later enlargements are not yet here (board).

Trade and crafts

Pilgrim traffic to Girnar, grain, cotton, the Gir forest produce.

Places of note

• The Uparkot: The citadel on its rock mound
• The Girnar rock edict: Ashoka's fourteen edicts, in the third century BCE
• Vanthali (Vamanasthali): The old city near Junagadh

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: See Chudasamas of Junagadh; Wikipedia's Chudasama page; the campaign board.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

Primary sources for Independent Rajput houses

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Crown of Glorious Deeds, Hasan Nizami (Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Hasan Nizami of Nishapur) (begun about 1205 at Delhi, carried on to about 1217). The earliest history written in Muslim India and the only contemporary account of Qutb al-Din Aibak's campaigns. Read online
• The Nasirean Generations (a general history of the Muslim dynasties), Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani (completed 1260 at Delhi). The fullest narrative of the Ghurid conquest of northern India. Read online
• Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
• Historical Inscriptions of Gujarat, Various (the Chaulukya and Vaghela chanceries), edited by G. V. Acharya (inscriptions of the 10th to 14th centuries; edited 1933 to 1942). The standard corpus of Gujarat's inscriptions. Read online
• Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchhapaghatas and two minor dynasties, Various, edited by H. V. Trivedi (inscriptions of the 9th to 14th centuries; edited 1978 to 1991). The collected records of the Paramaras of Malwa (parts 1 and 2) and of the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (part 3), re-edited from Epigraphia Indica and earlier journals with new finds.
• The Victory of Prithviraja, Jayanaka (a Kashmiri poet at the Chahamana court) (about 1191 to 1192, left unfinished). A court epic written at Ajmer in the months between Prithviraja III's victory at Tarain in 1191 and his defeat and death in 1192. Read online
• The Wishing-Stone of Narratives, Merutunga (a Jain monk of the Nagendra gaccha) (1305 (Vikrama 1361) at Vadhvan in Gujarat). A Jain collection of historical anecdotes about the kings of Gujarat and Malwa, a century after 1200. Read online