Nagda is the Guhila seat in the hill folds north of the Girwa, named Nagahrada in its own inscriptions: two temples of the late tenth century stand above its tank, with a Pashupata monastery beside them.
Ahar is the second Guhila capital from the end of the tenth century, on its river at the eastern lip of the Girwa, in hills with old copper working: the market end of the kingdom while Nagda is the court end. The ruler on 1 January is not fixed (see Guhilas of Mewar). The Eklingji shrine is two kilometres away.
Who holds it
- Name
- the Guhila Rawal (not pinned)
- Title
- Guhila Rawal
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Guhila page; the campaign board.
Lord in 1200
the Guhila Rawal (not pinned)
How things stand that morning
The court town of a hill kingdom.
Walls and castle
Temples and a tank; not a fortress. Nothing is recorded against Nagda for 1200; Wikipedia has Iltutmish's attack on it in the 1220s, which is later.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Wikipedia's Guhila 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 Guhilas of Mewar
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.
- 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
- 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
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, 'Guhila dynasty' (after R. V. Somani, D. C. Ganguly, Gopinath Sharma and Rima Hooja)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead only; checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.