Vaghela dynasty

Vaghela Dynasty
Vāghēlā rājavanśa
1244–1304
The Vaghelas and neighbouring South Asian polities, circa 1250 CE.[1]
StatusDynasty
CapitalDhavalakka (modern Dholka)
Common languagesApabhramsa, Prakrit, Old Gujarati
Religion
Hinduism (official)
GovernmentMonarchy
• 1244–1262
Visala-deva (first)
• 1296–1304
Karna-deva (Karna II) (last)
History 
• Usurping of the Chaulukya throne by Visaladeva
1244
1304
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Chaulukya dynasty
Gujarat under Delhi Sultanate
Today part ofIndia
Map
Find spots of the inscriptions issued during the Vaghela reign (map of India).[2][3]

The Vaghela dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Gujarat in India in the 13th century CE, with their capital at Dholka. They were the last Hindu dynasty to rule Gujarat before the Muslim conquest of the region.

Early members of the Vaghela family served the Chaulukya dynasty in the 12th century CE, and claimed to be a branch of that dynasty. In the 13th century, during the reign of the weak Chaulukya king Bhima II, the Vaghela general Lavanaprasada and his son Viradhavala gained a large amount of power in the kingdom, although they continued to nominally acknowledge Chaulukya suzerainty. In the mid-1240s, Viradhavala's son Visaladeva usurped the throne, and his successors ruled Gujarat until Karna Vaghela was defeated by Nusrat Khan[4] of the Delhi Sultanate in 1304 CE, and lost Gujarat.

  1. ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical Atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147. ISBN 0226742210.
  2. ^ Asoke Kumar Majumdar 1956, pp. 502–504.
  3. ^ H. G. Shastri 1989, p. 122–123.
  4. ^ Kuzhippalli Skaria Mathew (1986). Portuguese and the Sultanate of Gujarat, 1500-1573. p. 98.