The Chudasama are a Rajput[1] clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. They are offshoot of Samma (tribe) of Sind.[2][3]
Origin
The Anthropological Survey of India states that the Chudasama are originated from the Samma (tribe), which has its roots in the Yaduvanshi Kshatriya lineage who entered India during the seventh or eighth century and are found in Kachchh, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts.[4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ Harald Tambs-Lyche (2004). The Good Country:Individual, Situation, and Society in Saurashtra. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 131. ISBN 978-81-7304-417-5.
- ^ Kapadia, Aparna (16 May 2018). Gujarat: The Long Fifteenth Century and the Making of a Region. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-107-15331-8. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
The Chudasamas were a branch of the Samma lineage that acquired the principality of Vanthali from the local ruler.
- ^ Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. 2003. p. 1174. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8.
- ^ Chaube, J. (1975). History of Gujarat Kingdom, 1458-1537. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-88386-573-6.
- ^ Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. 2003. p. 1174. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8.
- ^ Congress, Indian History (1953). The Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. p. 95.
- ^ Munshi, Kanaiyalal Maneklal (1943). The Glory that was Gūrjaradeśa: The pre-historic west coast. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 137.