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mentioned that the Indian rulers, including that of Bhinmal, accepted Islam and paid tribute. They presumably recanted after bin Qasim's departure, which made Junayd's attack necessary. After Junayd's reconquest, the kingdom at Bhinmal appears to have been annexed by the Arabs.
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wrote his famous treatise. It is believed that the young ruler mentioned by Hieun Tsang must have been his immediate successor. It appears that the Gurjara country at that time comprised modern Rajasthan. Following the death of
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The name "Gujarat" is derived from the Sanskrit Gurjaratra through the intermediate Prakrit form "Gujjaratta", which apparently means "the country of the Gujars".
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in 778 CE describes in detail the Gurjara country as a beautiful country, whose residents are also referred to as Gurjaras. They were differentiated from the
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inscription of Kakkuka (Mandore Pratihara) in 861 CE. Kakkuka is said to have won the love of the people of Gurjaratra along with those Marumada,
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in 628, and the Khandakhadyaka in 665. He made seminal contributions to mathematics, including the first mathematical treatment of
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became the dominant force of the entire Rajasthan and Gujarat regions, establishing a powerful empire centered at
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is also known to have repelled the Arabs during a later raid. His dynasty later expanded to
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lived here in 680 CE. The Jain scholar Siddharshi Gani, a resident of Bhinmal wrote
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and Travani. Later records suggest that this Gurjaratra mandala was in the region of
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during the period of 6th–12th century CE. The predominant power of the region, the
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Places in Gurjaradeśa, as mentioned in historical texts and determined from the
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of inscriptions (blue). The neighbouring places are shown as triangles (gray).
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In later times, the term Gurjaratra is used to connote the present day
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and their kingdom also came to be regarded as part of Gurjaradesa.
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eventually controlled a major part of North India centered at
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A Gurjara kingdom was founded by Harichandra Rohilladhi at
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Mishra, V. B. (1954). "Who were the Gurjara-Pratīhāras?".
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who never tired of studying the ancient sacred books.
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The rival kingdoms of Pratiharas, the 116: 100: 34:Historical region of northwestern India 14: 1308: 1299:The Glory That was Gurjardesha, Part 3 1296: 629: 472: 1191:The history of the Gurjara-Pratihāras 1178:The History of the Gurjara-Pratiharas 1066: 751: 687: 465:in inscriptions and their country as 441:(1075-1154 CE) mentions a country of 236:(Marumāda, in Western Rajasthan) and 1277: 1184: 1172: 1002: 990: 974: 925: 877: 853: 841: 798: 739: 709: 675: 658: 600: 598: 360: 97:Early references to Gurjara country 24: 1047:, Elsevier Science, pp. 39–, 752:Smith, Vincent A. (October 1907). 25: 1342: 1021:, Aditya Prakashan, p. 165, 636:. Anmol Publications. p. 4. 595: 337:, however continued to call them 1301:. Bombay: Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. 109:(712–715), including attacks on 1060: 968: 943: 1201:Sharma, Krishna Gopal (1993). 1180:. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. 950:Manglani, J. J. (March 2012), 788: 745: 703: 681: 286:The Bharuch line of Gurjaras ( 13: 1: 589: 536:Upmitibahava prapancha katha 453:) in northern Gujarat. The 7: 557: 10: 1347: 1234:10.1177/025764300602200202 979:Krishna Gopal Sharma (1993 461:) are also referred to as 414:is first mentioned in the 256: 253:Successor Gurjara kingdoms 26: 1316:Historical Indian regions 1122:Blankinship, Khalid Yahya 1074:, Routledge, p. 32, 766:10.1017/S0035869X00036868 630:Sharma, Sita Ram (1992). 606:Mahapatra, B. P. (1989). 569:Architecture of Rajasthan 259:Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty 123:Caliphal province of Sind 1263:10.1177/0376983612449525 1251:Indian Historical Review 692:, 72/73 (1/4): 331–361, 609:Constitutional languages 353:, the former capital of 224:The Arab chroniclers of 121:Arab campaigns from the 29:Gurjara (disambiguation) 890:Shanta Rani Sharma 2012 502:Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta 158:(southern Gujarat) and 89:. The modern state of " 1321:Geography of Rajasthan 1194:, Munshiram Manoharlal 341:or kings of Gurjaras ( 172:) with its capital at 126: 114: 1297:Munshi, K.M. (1944). 1278:Wink, André (2002) . 579:Hindu-Arabic numerals 120: 104: 1326:Geography of Gujarat 710:Wink, André (1991). 548:Udyotana Suri wrote 445:with its capital at 27:For other uses, see 1015:Padmanābha (1991), 483:Kanhadade Prabandha 473:Culture and science 277:Imperial Pratiharas 1331:History of Gujarat 1222:Studies in History 902:Sanjay Sharma 2006 866:Sanjay Sharma 2006 805:, pp. 132–133 797:, pp. 29–30; 523:The Sanskrit poet 325:and called itself 281:Mandore Pratiharas 242:Mohammad bin Qasim 148:Prabhakaravardhana 127: 115: 107:Mohammad bin Qasim 83:Gurjara-Pratiharas 18:Kingdom of Gurjara 1137:978-0-7914-1827-7 1098:Bhandarkar, D. R. 1081:978-0-415-58061-8 1054:978-0-12-804624-1 1028:978-81-85179-54-4 940:, pp. 50–51. 938:V. B. 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Index

Kingdom of Gurjara
Gurjara (disambiguation)
find spots
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Gurjara-Pratiharas
Kannauj
Gujarat

Mohammad bin Qasim
Bhinmal

Caliphal province of Sind
Bana
Harshacharita
Harsha
Prabhakaravardhana
Sindha
Lāta
Malava
Hieun Tsang
Bhinmal
Bharukaccha
Ujjayini
Malava
Valabhi
Surashtra
kshatriya
Chapa dynasty
Brahmagupta

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