Vaghela dynasty
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The Vaghela dynasty ruled the Gujarat region 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.
Vaghela Dynasty Vāghēlā rājavanśa | |||||||||
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1244–1304 | |||||||||
Status | Dynasty | ||||||||
Capital | Dhavalakka (modern Dholka) | ||||||||
Common languages | Apabhramsa, Prakrit, Old Gujarati | ||||||||
Religion | Hinduism (official) | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1244–1262 | Visala-deva (first) | ||||||||
• 1296–1304 | Karna-deva (Karna II) (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Usurping of the Chaulukya throne by Visaladeva | 1244 | ||||||||
1304 | |||||||||
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Today part of | India |
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.