Sisodiya Rajputs (Suryavanshi)

Valla  / Balla  /Ghalot (Ghelot/Guhilot)
24 saca or branches. Solar. The raja of Udaipur is a Grahilot.
Sub divisions: Sisodia, Gohil, Chundawat, Ranawat, Shaktawat, Sarangdevot, Sangawat, Chandrawat, Kshemawat, Suhawat, Ahariya
Gahlot / Sisodia (Sisodiya, Sesodia The Gahlot or Sisodia is generally admitted to be the premier Rajput clan. Their chief is described by the bards as “The Suryavansi Rana, of Royal race, Lord of Chitor, the ornament of the royal races”. Sisodia, are rulers of Mewar Along with Shekawat, Rathore, Bhati, Sisodia, Chauhan, Devra, Guhil, etc. they are the royal rulers of Rajastan.
The Sesodias claim descent from the sun, through Lav, oldest son of  the divine Rama of Ajodhia. In token of their ancestry the royal banner of Mewar consisted of a golden sun on a crimson field. Law is suppoed to have founded Lahore. His descendants migrated to Saurashtra or Kathiawar , where they settled at Vidurbha or Balabhi, the capital of the Valabhi dynasty. The last king of Valabhi was Siladitya, who was killed by an invasion of barbarians (the town was sacked by the son of Nushirwan of Persia in AD 524). The Rajput queen escaped general destruction and gave birth to a son Goho or Gohaditya.Siladitya’s posthumous son, Gohaditya, ruled in Idar and the hilly country in the south-west of Mewar. From him this clan took the name of Gohelot or Gahlot. The family were also connected with the ruling princes of Valabhi.
According to their bards they are descendant from the Aryan Kshatryas of Ajodhia, who migrated to Surat and established the Valabhi kingdom. Variations of his name are Goha, Gohaditya, Guha, Guhdatt, Guhadatta, and Guhila. He ruled from Idar near the Mewar-Gujarat border. Guhil’s origins are not recorded but at least Colonel James TOD in his ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN may have been close to the facts when he wrote that Guhil is said to have belonged to the Gurjara stock, kinsmen or allies of the Huns who entered India about the 6th century AD. They once ruled Oudh. Sila AD 646 was the 5th in descent from Guhadatta who may therefor be placed in the first part of the sixth century. Bappa Rawal the 6th in line from Guhaditya and he had his capital at Nagda, a few miles to the north of Udaipur city. A tradition states that Bappa was the son of Grahadata. He succeeded in propitiating the god Siva.
One day the king of Chitor died and left no heir to his throne. It was decided that whoever would be garlanded by a certain elephant would be placed on the throne. Bapa was present on the occasion and the elephant put the garland round his neck not only once, but thrice. Bapa was thus seated on the throne and the Sesodia clan was formed. According to tradition Bapa went to Chitor, then held by the Mori or Pramara rajputs, to seek his fortune, and was appointed to lead the Chitor forces against the Muhamadans on their first invasion of India. After defeating and expelling them he ousted the Mori ruler and established himself at Chitor, which has since been the capital of the Sesodias. Under the Sisodias palaces, temples, two fine towers, the Kirti Stambh and Jaya Stambh rose within its walls, quite apart from the more prosaic homes of the general populace.
The name Sesodia is really derived from Sesoda, the residence of a subsequent chief Rahup, who captured Mundore and wsa the first to bear the title of Rana of Mewar. Similarly Aharia is another local name from Ahar, a place in Mewar, which was given to the clan. They were also known as Raghuvansi or of the race of king Raghu, the ancestor of Rama From the 14th centuy the chronicles of the Sesodias contain many instances of rajput courage and devotion. Chitor was sacked 3 times before the capital was removed to Udaipur, first by Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1303, next by Bahadur Shah, the Muhamaddan king of Gujarat in 1534, and lastly by Akbar in 1567.
These events were known as Saka or massacres of the clan. On each occasion the women performed Johar or general immolation by fire, while the men saiiled forth, clad in saffron-coloured robes, to die sword in hand against the foe. At the first sack the goddess of the clan appeared in a dream to the Rana and demanded the lives of 12 of its chiefs as a condition for its preservation. His 11 sons were in turn crowned as chief, each ruling for 3 days, while on the 4th he sallied out and fell in battle. Lastly the Rana devoted himself in order that his favourite son Ajeysi might be spared and might perpetuate the clan. At the second scak 32000 were slain, and at the third 30000. Finally Aurangzeb destroyed the temples at Chitor, and only its ruins remain. Udaipur city was founded in 1559.
The Sesodias resisted the Muhamaddans for long, and several times defeated them. Udai Singh, the founder of Udaipur, abandoned his city and fled to the hills, where he caused his on territory to be laid waste, with the object of impeding the imperial forces. Of this period it is recorded that the Ranas were from father to son in outlawry against the emperor, and that sovereign had carried away the doors of the gate of Chitor and had set them up in Delhi. Fifty-two rajas and chiefs had perished in the struggle, and the Rana in his trouble lay at nights on a counterpane spread on the ground, and neither slept in his bed nor shaved his hair; and if he perchance broke his fast, had nothing better with which to satisfy it than beans baked in an earthen pot. For this reason it is that certain practices are to this day observed at Udaipur. A counterpane is spread below the rana’s bed, and his head remains unshaven and baked beans are laid daily upon his plate (Forbes, Rasmala p.400).
In 1614 Rana Singh, recognising that further opposition was hopeless, made his submission to the emperor on the condition that he should never have to present himself in person but might send his 2 sons in his place. This stipulation being accepted, the heir-apparent Karan Singh proceeded to Ajmer where he was magnanimously treated by Jahangir and shortly afterwards the imperial trops were withdrawn from Chitor. It is the oride of the Udaipur  house that is never gave a daughter in marriage to nay of the Musalman emperors, and for many years ceased to intermarry with other Rajput families who had formed such alliances. But Amar Singh II (1698-1710) made a league with the Maharajas of Jodhpur and Jaipur for mutual protection against the Musalmans; and it was one of the conditions of the compact that the latter chiefs should regain the privilege of marriage with the Udaipur family which had been suspended since they had given daughters in marriage to the emperors. But the Rana unfortunaly added a proviso that the son of an Udaipur princess should succeed to the Jodhpur or Jaipur States in preference to any elder son by another mother.
The quarrels to which this stipulation gave rise led to the conquest of the country by the Marathas, at whose hands Mewar suffered more cruel devastation than it had ever been subjected to by the Musalmans. Ruinous war also ensued between Jodhpur and Jaipur for the hand of the famous Udaipur princess Kishen Kumari at the time when Rajputana was being devastated by the Marathas and Pindaris; and the quarrel was only settled by the voluntary death of the object of contention, who, after the kinsman sent to slay her had recoiled before her young beauty and innocence, willingly drank the draught of opium four times administered before the final result could be produced. (Tod, Rajastan p.398; the death of the princess was mainly the work of Amir Khan Pindari who brought pressure on the Rana to consent to it in order to save his state).

Parmar Rajputs (Agnivanshi)

Parmar (Pramara or Panwar) with 35 branches : Mori, Sodha,Sankhla, Khechar , Umra & Sumra , Kohil, Daddha, Maipawat, Khair, Bhuller, orgatia,Pachawara,Varah, KabaBeedh, Badhel, Dheek, Ujjjainia, Kaleja.....etc
Also known as Parwar or Pawar in Maharashtra, where the brances are: Pawar, Bagwe, Ichare, Renuse, Jagdhane, Rasal, Landage, Bane, Rokade, Chandane, Khairnar, Malwade, Wagaje. According to the myths their great-grand forefather, Parmar, was created out of fire by Inder Devta, the god of fire, at Mount Abu. It is said that as the newly created man had come out from fire saying “mar, mar” loudly, he came to be known as parmar, and Abu, Dhar, and Ujjain were assigned to him as a territory.
The 4 clans known as Agnikula were the Panwar, Chauhan, Parihar, and Chalukya or Solanki.
The Navasahasanka charitra of Padmaguta (11th cent AD) mentions the first of the Parmara clan : Vashishta created a hero from his agnikunda to get back the cow that Vishvamitra had taken from him. Vashishta then said: “you will become a lord of the kings called Paramara”. Here Paramara indicated killer of others. This hero’s son Upendra was succeeded by Vakpatiraj I. The copper-plates of Harsola, that are from 949 AD give the descent of Bappairaja (Vakpatiraja) from Akalavarsha. Akalavarsha was a famous Rashtrakuta king. A later inscription of Vakpatiraj II of the Parmara dynasty mentions that the king bore titles Amoghavarsha, Prathvivallabha and Shrivallabha. There are Rashtrakuta titles. This Vakpatiraj II was an uncle of famous Raja Bhoja.
The kings of Malwa or Ujain who reigned at Dhar and flourished from the ninth to the twelfth centuries were of the Panwar clan. The 7th and 9th kings of this dynasty rendered it famous. “Raja Munja, the 7th king (974-995), renowned for his lerarning and eloquence, was not only a patron of poets, but was himself a poet of small reputation, the anthologies including various works from his pen. He penetrated in a career of conquest as far as Godavari, but was finally defeated and executed there by the Chalukya king. His nephew, the famous Bhoja, ascended the throne of Dhara about 1018 andreigned gloriously for more than forty years. Like his uncle he cultivated with equal assiduity the arts of peace and war.
Though his fights with neighbouring powers, including one of the Muhamadan armies of Mahmud of Ghazni, are now forgotten, his fame as an enlightened patron of learning and a skilled author remains undimmed, and his name has become proverbial as that of the model king acoording to Hindu standard. Works on astronomy, architecture, the art of poetry and other subjects are attributed to him. About AD 1060 Bhoja was attacked and defeated by the confederate kings of Gujarat and Chedi, and the Panwar kingdom was reduced to a petty local dynasty until the 13th century. It was finally superseeded by the chiefs of the Tomara and Chauhan clans, who in their turn succumbed to the Muhamaddans in 1401” (V.A. Smith, Early History of India 3rd ed. p395). The city of Ujjain was at this time a centre of Indian intelectual life. Some celebrated astronomers made it their home, and it was adopted as the basis of the Hindu meridional system like Greenwhich in England. The Panwars were held to have ruled from nine castles over the Marustali or ‘Region of death’, the name given to the great dessert of Rajputana, which extends from Sind to the Aravalli mountains and from the great salt lakes to the skirting of Garah. The principal of these castles were Abu, Nundore, Umarkot, Arore, and Lodorva. Mr. Crooke states that the expulsion of the Panwars from Ujjain under their leader Mitra Sen is ascribed to the attack of the Muhamaddans under Shahab-ud-din Ghori about AD 1190. After this they spread to Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, where they are known as Pawar (Sivaji was a Puar and so is the Nimbhalkar tribe) Mr. Crooke (Tribes and castes) states: “The Khidmatia,Barwar or Chobdar are said to be an inferior branch of the Panwars, descended from a low-caste woman” . “The Panwars had the abit of keeping women of lower castes to a greater degree than the ordinary, and this has been found to be trait of other castes of mixed origin, and they are sometimes known as Dhakar, a name having the sense of illigitimacy”. (Russel, p339). In the Maratha rice coutry of Wainganga the Panwars have developed into 36 exogamous sections, bearing names of Rajput clans and of villages. Their titles are: Chaudhri (headman), Patlia (patel or chief officer of a village) and Sonwania.
Pawars are descendents of Parmar kings of Dhar. Some of Parmar kings were followers of Jainism, others that of Shaivism. Parmar is a big caste of Jains in Gujarat and it is also a famous clan of Oswals. Another Jain caste named Parwar is also descendent of Parmar kings. Osho Rajnish was from this community, that once was part of the Parwars.
The Parwar Jain caste is called “Paurpatta” in Sanskrit inscriptions. There are quite a few Sanskrit inscriptions in the Chanderi region that mention them from 11-12th century. It is likely that they are the same people involved in installing Jain images going back to Gupta period in that region, thus they are unlikley to be the descendants of Parmar kings. The Jain caste in Gujarat (Porwal or Porwad) is called “Pragvata” in Sanskrit. Most of the famous Jain temples in Gujarat (Mt. Abu, Ranakpur) were build by them. Their home is South Rajastan. The Parmar kings are called “Pragvata” in Sanskrit. Their original home too is Southern Rajasthan. Thus “Pragvata” must be the name of the region that is now Southern Rajasthan; and the Parmar Rajputs and the Porwal Jains of Rajasthan/Gujarat both take their name from this region. This is the region where Mount Abu is located.
At the Time of Alexander’s raid into India, he ran up against the Puru tribe. The leader’s name was taken as Porus. There is at least one other “ Porus’ referred to in the Greek accounts. The clan or a name is Puru, and now possibly found amoung the Jats as Puru, Pawar, Parmar, Paur, Por, Paurava or Pauria, or Paurya as a gotra name. However clan names and gotra names may not coincide, the gotra denoting a forefather with the personal name, which may not always be the tribe name
Mori = Branch of Panwar Rajputs. They claim descent from Chandragupta Maurya, but they are probably not realated to the Maurya emperors. In Maharashtra the septs are: More, Madhure, Devkate, Harphale, Dhyber, Marathe, Darekar, Devkar, Adavale.
This dynasty was founded by Chandragupta Mourya at Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar) in 317 B.C. Chandragupta was born in Mayurposag (Peacock tamer) community. Chandragupta became the first historical emperor of India. His empire included almost all of the south Asia. He defeated the Greek invaders. Chandragupta ruled for 22 years. After him his son Bindusar became the emperor. After him Ashok became the emperor. After the war of Kalinga, Ashok adopted Buddhism. After Ashok his grand son Samprati became the emperor and ruled from Ujjain while Dashrath, another grandson ruled from Patliputra. Brihdrath was the last emperor of this dynasty. He was killed by his General Pushyamitra Shung. He founded Pushy dynasty. Kharvel, king of Kaling attacked and killed Pushyamitra. The ‘Devak’ of Mores is feather of peacock. This is because of their ‘Mayurposag’ (Peacock tamer) origin.

Parihar Rajputs (Agnivanshi)

Par(r)hiar (Pathiar) with 13 branches/shakhas: Lullra, Surawat, Rameta, Budhkhel/Pokhawat, Inda,Khokhar, Kilhan/Kalhans/Chandra/Chuhhan, Ghorana, Dhandhil,Sindhu, Dorana, Subrana, Pahara, Keshodas, Sonpalol, Deep
This clan was one of the 4 Agni-kulas God Shiva created a man from fire, who had a dark complexion. This man, though not brave, was well suited to act as guard at the door. This is exactly the reason why he came to be known as ‘Prithvi-ha-Dwara’ of which Parihar is a corruption. Geographically, during the period of Muslim conquest the Rajputs were the pratiharas, or protectors of India Also known as Parrhiar.
Mundawar or Mundodri was the capital of the Parihara, which owned the sway of this tribe before the invasion and settlement of the Rathor clan. They were dominant in Bundelkhand before the Chandels, their last chieftain having been overthrown by a Chandel prince in AD 831. A parihar-Gujar chieftain, whose capital was in Bhinmal in Rajputana, conquered the dominions of the great Harsha Vardhana, and established himself there about AD 816. Kannaj was then held by Gujar-Parihar kings till ca 1090, when it was seized by Chandradeva of the Gaharwar Rajput clan. The Parihar rulers were thus subverted by the Gaharwars and Chandels, both of whom are thought to be derived from the Bhars or other aboriginal tribes. After this period the Parihar are of little importance. They appear to have retired to Rajputana, as col. Tod states that Mundore, 5 miles north of Jodhpur, was their headquarter until it was taken by the Rathors. The walls of the ruined fortress of Mundore are built of enormous square masses of stone without cement. In the Central Provinces they are found principally in Saugor, Damoh and Jubbulpore.

Odedra Rajputs (Agnivanshi)

The Odedras within the Mer community are known as Sumras (Soomro or Sumeras) Rajputs.
Approximately 10 miles south-east of Porbandar is the village of Odedar. This is the village of the Odedra Mers. Originally known as the Sumra-Rajputs from the region of Sindh. Acts of bravery and the fight for righteousness still exist in these small but rich in culture villages across the planes of the Kathiawad region in Saurashtra. Through the progeny of Mers may have been improved by the infusion of Rajput blood.
Sumra-Rajputs Mers were found as far North as Chambal (Madhya Pradesh) to the Peninsula of Saurashtra. The existence of Mers in Madhya Pradesh is also acknowledged by Shri Maldev Bapu. And to this day the Sumra-Rajputs Mers of Madhya Pradesh still visit the Mers of the Porbandar region. It is stated that when the Sumra-Rajput-Mers initially came into the present day India, they separated into two, one heading towards Saurashtra and the other to Madhya Pradesh.
The Sumras of the desert are one of the subdivisions of the Pramara Rajputs, and from frequently combining with their brethren the Umars, gave name to a large tract of country, which is even still recognized as Umra-Sumra, and within which Alor is situated. They are without question of the Pramara stock and belong to the Agnikulas. Their successors and opponents, the Sammas, were of the Lunar race.
The Sumra dynasty, (also written Soomra dynasty or Soomro Dynasty) was established by Sumra tribe of Sindh. The Sumra ruled Sindh from 1026-1351 AD and were known as the royal kings of Sindh and reigned 500 years and had a linage of 36 Hindu princes.
The Sumras were consolidating its rule in the southern Thar. After establishing their rule over some major areas like Mathi, Diplo, and parts of Chachro, Sumras advanced northwards, captured Amarkot, and restricted Parmars to Parkar region. Sumras, however, had to face frequent troubles from Parmars and the raja of Kathiawar. By the beginning of the eighth century, Sumras, under the leadership of Ibn Sumar, became sovereign rulers of the entire Thar excluding Parkar and Kaerr.
The later years witnessed frequent invasion of Sultan Mahmood of Ghazna. He attacked Punjab, Multan, Gujarat and other important centres of India. He did not establish his empire in the subcontinent but his attacks weakened Indian states militarily and politically. It was during these days that Sumras subjugated the whole of Sindh and built many forts and fortresses including the Amarkot fort.
The history of this district is similar to that of other districts of the lower Sindh region. The major portion of Thar desert was in occupation of Parmar Rajputs named Sodha and portion from east Chachro to Gadra and some area of Taluka Umerkot and Taluka Khipro of Sanghar District known as Khaor was ruled by Rathors. Sumras, a branch of Parmar Rajputs, possessed a portion of Mithi and Diplo talukas west of Chachro known as Deirak Pargna. When Mehmood Ghaznavi led expeditions on Somnath, it is believed that he passed through this desert a number of times.
In calling the Sumras Rajputs, James Tod is without doubt correct, for notwithstanding the assertions of the local writers, the real fact must be admitted, that the Sumras are not of Arab descent at all, and that this fictitious genealogy was assumed by them, when the majority of the tribe were converted to Islam. Those who refused to embrace Islam immigrated into present day Kathiawadh district of Gujarat.
That the Sumras were not Muslims during at least the early period of their sway, seems to be proved by their names, though this argument is not quite decisive, for down to modern times in Sind, Muhammadan converts have been occasionally allowed to retain their Hindu names.

Keshwala Rajputs (Suryavanshi)

Kachwaha (Kishwaha, Cutchwaha and Keshwala). Also sprang from Kusha. It has 12 kotri or houses.
Major subdivisions: Gogawat, Kubhani, Naruka, Ladkhani, Tajkhani, Nathawat, Rajawat, Shekhawat, Jeetawat, Bankawat,Balbhadrot, Khangarot, Chaturbhujot.
This is a celebrated clan to which the maharajas of important states of Amber or Jaipur and Alwar belong. They are of solar race and claim descent from Kash, second son of the great king Rama of Ajodhia Their original seat , according to tradition, was Rohtas on the Son river, and another of their famous progenitors was Raja Nal, who migrated from Rohtas and founded Narwar. The town of Damoh in the Central Provinces is supposed to be named after Damyanti, Raja Nal’s wife. According to general Cunningham Kachhwaha is an abbreviation of Kachhaha-ghata or tortoise-killer.
The earliest appearance of the Kachhwaha rajputs in authentic history is in the 10th century, when a chief of the clan captured Gwalior from the Parihar-Gujar kings of Kannauj and established himself there. His dynasty had an independent existence till AD 1128, when it became tributary to the Chandel kings f Mahoba. The last king of Gwalior was Tejkaran, called Dulha Rai or the bridgegroom-prince, and he received from his father-in-law the district of Daora in the present Jaipur State, where he settled. In 1150 one of his successors wrested Amber from the Minas and made it his capital. The Amber State from the first acknowledged the supremacy of the Mughal emperors, and the chief of the period gave his daughter in marriage to Akbar.
The chief’s son, Bhagwan Das, is said to have saved Akbar’s life at the battle of Sarnal. Bhagwan Das gave a daughter to Jahangir, and his adopted son, Man Singh, the great chief, was one of the most conspicuous of the Mughla emperors, and at differnt periods was governor of Kabul, Bengal, Bihar and the Deccan. The next chief of note, Jai Singh I, appears in all the wars of Aurangzeb in the Deccan. He was commander of 6000 horse, and captured Sivaji, the celbrated chief of Maratha power. The present city of Jaipur was founded by a subsequent chief, Jai Singh II, in 1728.  At the Burbar of 1877 his salute was raised with 21 guns. The Alwar State was founded about 176 by Pratap Singh, a descendent of a prince of the Jaipur house, who had separated from it centuries ago.
In Colonel Tod’s time the Kachwaha chiefs in memory of the their desent from Rama, the incarnation of the sun , celebrated with great solemnity the annual feast of the sun. On this occasion a stately car called the chariot of the sun was brought from Rama’s temple, and the Maharaja ascending into it peramulated his capital. The images of Rama and Siva were carried with the army bot in Alwar and Jaipur. The banner of Amber frequently mentioned by the bards was called Panchranga (5 colours). The Kachwahas are fairly numerous in UP and in MP are found in Saugor, Hoshangabad and Nimar Districts pricipally.
One of the royal clans in Rajastan is: Shekawat,  descended from raja Sekha Rao of Kachhwaha. Kachhwahas are the Suryavans rajputs (living around Jaipur). There are 65 gotras of Kachwaha rajputs (among others Rajawat, Shekawat, Nathawat, Khangarot, Ranawat). They derive their name from cutch or from Kush. (Another meaning is tortoise). There is also a section of the Kacchi Kayasts with the same name. Shekawati are the most influential of all Kachawaha Rajputs and reside in Shekawati areas (Jhunjhunu, Sikar, etc).
The Kachhwahas of Jaipur are related to the Kachtries (Kuchi) of Baluchistan and the Kuchi of Afghanistan according to some sources. Kacha-pa also means turtle (lliterally inhabiting the kacha = marshland,s hores = Kutch?). The Kuchi tribe of Pashtunistan is great for belly dance and tribal dance. They live in southeastern Afghanistan to the border of  Pakistan.  The Kuchi tribe of Afghanistan are nomadic, accustomed to moving annually with their herds between summer pastures in Afghanistan and winter pastures in Pakistan. Kuchi is a Baluchistan word meaning nomadic or wandering .
The Ghorewahas (or Main) are Kachwaha Rajputs. “They say that Raja Man, sixth in descent from Kush [one of the sons of Lord Ram], had two sons Kachwaha and Hawaha, and that they are of the lineage of Hawaha (161). It is possible that some of the Ghorewahas became goldsmiths. Amber, the old Kachhwaha capital was taken from Meenas in 1037.

Jethwa Rajputs

Jethwa/Jaitwa /Jheti or Kam(a)ri. Moon-descended.
Jethwa, Gumli or Bhumli, in Kattywar, is the Abpura Hill, the old seat of the the Jethwa. Murvi is an old Jetwa capital. The Rana of Porbandar, styled Puncheria, represents the Jetwa, one of the ancient Rajput races still extant in the Kattyawar peninsula. Since 1979, the succession to the throne of Porbandhar is vacant. Some rulers: Vikmatji IV, Rana Saheb of Porbandar 1831-1900, deprived of his powers by the British 1886, +1900. Grandfather of: Bhavsinhji Bahadur, Rana Saheb of Porbandar 1900-1908. Father of: HH Natwarsinhji Bahadur, Rana Saheb (10/12/1908) then Maharaja Rana Saheb (1918) of Porbandar, invested with full ruling powers 26/1/1920, 180th Ruler of The Distinguished Jethwa House, LtCol, KCSI 1929, first Cpt of the All-India Cricket Team 1932.
In the days of Mahmud, all the west and north of Kattywar belonged to the Jetwa Rajputs, but the forays of the Jhala and Jhareja have confined them to their present district, the shaggy range of hills called Burda. The Jhalas of Kattywar, who own the raj of Hulwud Drangdra as their chief, are supposed to have sprung from an offshoot of Anhilwara, on the extinction of which dynasty they obtained territorial aggrandizement.
Approximately, four hundred years ago, the district of Dhak and Ghumli, in the Katiyavar region of Sauvrashtra, was ruled by the Jethwas. The Jethwa’s daughter was married to the Rar of Junagadh. Kandhalji was a well known figure throughout Sauvrashtra. He was a leader and one of the elders for the Odedra clan in the Maher Community. Kandhalji had a place in the Royal Courts of the Jethwas and was very much respected and admired by the Royal Palace.
A time came when the Jethwa and Kandhalji had different views on a matter. Kandhalji did not agree with the way in which the Jethwa was conducting his rule. He informed the Jethwa of how he felt and left the Royal Courts. He left for the district of Junagadh where the Raar reined. As time went on, the Raar’s Royal Place was blessed with a son. The Raar, being the Jethwa’s son-in-law, decided to ask for Dhak as a means of Dowry. (In those days if a son was born, a dowry was paid by the mother’s father to the proud father of the son.) The Raar sent a message expressing his intention for Dhak. The Jethwa became very concerned about this matter. The Jethwas had reined Dhak for 500 years and had lost many lives in doing so. He couldn’t bear the thought of telling the people of Dhak that he was going to give the district to a new ruler and he couldn’t also bear the thought of refusing his son-in-law’s wish. The Jethwa decided that it would be best if he asked Kandhalji, who was know living the district of Junagadh,to help him to talk to the Raar and negotiate a deal. The Jethwa sent a message to the Raar informing him that he would do what ever Kandhalji agrees to. The Raar was confident that Kandhalji would not let him down and would agree to what ever he demanded. Kandhalji was summoned to the Raar’s Royal Court. Kandhalji appeared before the Raar who read him the letter that was sent by the Jethwa. Kandhalji listened very carefully to what the Jethwa had written. After the letter was read the Raar spoke -
Raar:- “...Kandhalji, see how your Jethwa shakes and runs like the ocean waves! See how Jethwa’s strength weakens!”
Kandhalji:- (Stood up and shouted) “... Raar! The district of Dhak is my motherland. The hand of a daughter can be asked but the hand of a mother is never asked!”
Raar:- “ ... Kandhalji, you dare raise your voice at me! You have eaten enough from Junagadh districts plate!.... I give you three days to run as far as you can .... so go Kandhalji ... run. On the fourth day I will find you from where ever you are and kill you!”
Kandhalji:- (Took out his sword and with the tip drew three lines parallel to each other) “...This is day one, day two and this is day three - now Raar do as you please. Try killing this Maher in front of you!”
Raar:-”...No Kandhalji, I will not kill you that easily. If I kill you here history will say that I killed you in my own house!”
Kandhalji turned around and walked out of the Royal Courts. Outside stood waiting his horse which he got on and rode out. As Kandhalji headed back to the Jethwas, he came across a village known as Vantheli. This was the village of the Muslim Nageri Rajputs. On that day nine hundred grooms were waiting to be married. The village was filled with great celebrations and joyful folk songs. As Kandhalji got nearer, the village elders looked on. The horse had white froth dropping from its mouth and the body was soaked in sweat. The village braves quickly ran towards the horse making it stop in front of them.
Kandhalji :- (Hastily) “ ..Do you know me?
Nageri :- “ Of coarse dear friend. Who has not heard of the great Kandhalji! We cannot let you go from here today without being our guest.”
Kandhalji:- “... dear friend ... I cannot take your invitation ... I have the armies of Junagadh after me.”
Nageri:- “ .... if we let you go now our pride and honor is at stake!”
Kandhalji:- “ .. thank you friend... but I cannot allow these marriages to be disrupted.
The Nageri’s insisted that Kandhalji must stay in their village and decided to fight against the Raar army and several thousands died figthing. This spot where Kandhalji lost his life fighting, is worshipped by many people including the Mahers and the Nageris. Kandhalji’s land which was on the bank of the River Umbudh was presented to the Nageri Rajputs and is to this day farmed by the Nageri Rajput Munja Vur family. The decedents of Kandhalji live in the village of Fatana and are known as the ‘Ji’ family. At times of marriage the family still give one ‘cori’ (approx. 1 ‘pawla’) kurr to the Nageri Rajputs. The Nageri Rajputs of Vantheli, are to this present day considered ‘Blood Brothers’ of the Odedra Mahers.

Jadeja (Jadon) Rajputs (Chandravanshi)

Jadam / Jharija (Bhatti, Jadeja /Jareja /Jadon / Banaphar, Sarvaia, Raijdas, Vaj, Pathania
The Jharija Rajputs are dominant in Cutch, but about AD 800, a branch of the family, in consequence of intestine feuds, crossed the Rann at the head of the Gulf of Katch into Kathiwar and established themselves upon the ruins of the Jetwa rajputs. The land appear to have been divided in common among the whole tribe, the teelat or eldest branch of the family reserving to itself the largest portion, while the bhaiad or relatives (brotherhood) held their respective villages by a purely feudal tenure.
Also Jadavas descended from Jaddu, founder of the lunar race with 4 or 7 branches. Colonel Tod says that the Yadu was the most illistruous of all tribes of Indu, and became the patronymic of both the descendents of  Buddha (of the Indu race) and Krishna. It is not clear, even to legendary tradition, what connection the yadus had with Buddha, but Krishna is held to have been a prince of this tribe and founded Dwarka in Gujarat with them, in which locality he is afterwards supposed to have been killed.
However there are some scholars who claim tHe Yadus to be of Central-Asian origin and that the Mahabharata actually took place in Central Asia. It is said that the original Dvarka is not in Gujarat, but is the Darvaza in present Central Asia. Colonel states that the Yadu afer the death of Krishna, and their expulsion from Dwarka and Delhi, the last stronghold of their power, retired by Multan across the Indus, founded Ghazni in Afghanistan, and peopled these countries even to Samarkand. Again driven back on the Indus they obtained possession of the Punjab and founded Salbhanpur. Thence expelled they retired across the Sutlej and Gara into the Indian desserts, where they founded Tannote, Derawal and Jaisalmer, the last in AD 1157.
At a later date a Yadava kingdom existed in the Deccan, with its capital at Deogiri or Daulatabad and its territory lying between that place and Nasik. Mr. Smith states that these Yadon kings were descendants of feudatory nobles of the Chalukya kingdom, which embraced parts of western India and also Gujarat.
The Jadon dynasty only lasted from AD 1150 to 1318, when the last prince of the line, Harapala, stirred up a revolt against the Muhamaddans to whom the king, his father-in-law, had submitted, and being deafeated, was flayed alive and decapitated. It is noticeable that the Yadu-Bhatti rajputs of Jaisalmer claim descent from Salivahana, who founded the Saka era in AD 78, and it is believed that this era belonged to the Saka dynasty of Gujarat, where, according to the tradition the Yadus also setled. The point would identify the Sakas with the Yadus. The Bhati branch of the yadus cliam descent from Bhati, grandson of Salivahana. They have no legend of coming from Gujarat, but they had the title of Rawal, which is used in Gujarat, and also by the Sesodia clan who came from here. The Bhattis are said to have arrived in Jaisalmer about the middle of the 8th century, Jaisalmer city being founded in 1183. The Jareja clan of Sind and Cuth are another branch of Yadu, who have largely intermarried with Muhamaddans. They now cliam descent from Jamshid a Persian hero and the title of their rulers is Jam.
The Yadu name has been corrupted to Jadon in UP and Jadum in MP, where they now form different castes. Another branch is the Raj-jadu  or Rajadu. In some parts of India, the Yadavas have lost their rajput status, because of their alliance with cow-herding castes.
Krishna being a gopi led to the popular belief that all cowherds like Ahir, Gujar, etc were Yadavas. However, it is not so. Ahirs (cow-herding castes) though started using “Yadav” with their name are not Yadus (or Yadava). Also Krishna-dasis (followers of Krishna) were claiming to be yadavas. This has in recent times been exploited by some Yadav-connected politicians,  to increase their number of followers/votes.

Chavada Rajputs (Chandravanshi)

Chavara or Chaura (Ghaorha/Chavada,Cha(v)da) with 12 branches.
Chavada Dadda, the founder of Pratihara dynasty, established the Gurjar rule at Nandipur (Nandol). Dadda III wrested Broach from the Maitraks whose citadel had started shaking. In fact, there were three powerful dynasties which were ruling different parts of Gujarat: the Gurjars had their sway over the north, the Chalukyas ruled the south and the Maitraks were saddled in Saurashtra. The vaccum created by the fall of the Maitrak dynasty was filled up by the Pratiharas from the north and Rashtrakutas from the south. As vassals of the Valabhis (from the town of Valabhis or Vala, where the Guhilot ruled and is related to Bhavnagar Palitana and Lathi), the Chavadas held their sway over parts of north Gujarat. They assumed independent control after the fall of Valabhi. Vanraj, the most prominent of the eight Chavada kings, founded a new capital at Anhilpur Patan. he reconquered his father’s lost territories and founded the Chavada dynasty which lasted a shade under a century. In the 14th century Mesaji ruler of this dynasty founded Mahasana in Gujrat.
Samantsinh, the last Chavada ruler, did not have an issued and he adopted Mulraj who overthrew him in 942 AD and set up what came to be known as the Solanki dynasty. Ambitious as he was, he started expanding his frontiers and established his complete and total hold over Saurashtra and Kachch by defeating Grahripu of Junagadh (Saurashtra) and Lakho Fulani of Kachchh.
Mulraj Solanki’s reign marked the start of the most glorious period in the history of Gujarat during which Gujarati culture flowered as manifested in art, architecture, language and script. It is described as the golden period in Gujarat chequered history. Mulraj himself adopted the title of Gurharesh ( King of Gurjardesh). The territories under the sway of the Solanki dynasty came to be known by different variations of the word Gurjar like Gurjardesh, Gurjararastra, Gurjaratta and finally Gujarat.
Two names stand out in the Solanki dynasty. The fiest is that of Sidhrag Jayasinh who ruled for 47 years from 1094 A.D. and the second prominent Solanki King Kumarpala’s reign lasted for 31 years from 1143 to 1174 AD Apart from Saurashtra and Kachchh, Sidhraj Jaysinh also conquered Malwa.
One of the favourite legends with the Gujarat Bards is woven round the siege of Junagadh by Sidhraj Jaysinh. The fort was ultimately captured by hims along with Ranakdevi, the Queen of the ruler Rakhengar. However, in the true tradition of the Rajputs, Ranakdevi preferred to become a ‘sati’ rather than marry Sidharaj Jaysinh who was persuaded to allow Ranakdevi to commit ‘Sati’ by burning herself on a pyre at Wadhavan.
The town of  Arjya in Bhilwara District, 150 km. from Udaipur;  was ruled by the Chavda clan.  Maharana Jawan Singh’s maternal uncle, Jagat Singh of Barsora in Mahikantha, Gujarat. Had  two sons, Kuber Singh and Jalam Singh came to Udaipur with Maharana Jawan Singh and were granted, jointly, the jagirs of Aarjya and Kaladwas.

Chauhan Rajputs (Agnivanshi)

Sanchora, Pavia, Goyalwal, Bhadauria, Malani, Nirwan, Puravia,Madrecha, Cheeba, Mohil,Chahil, Balecha, Chachera,Boda,Nadola, Nikumbh,.....etc ,.
In Maharashtra the septs are: Chavan, Tawade, Gavane, Hande, Pansare, Randive, Kalbhor, Ispute, Kedar.
According to the Rajput bards the Chauhan is one of the four (and the last) Agnikula or ‘fire sprung’ tribes who were created by the gods in the anali kund or ‘fountain of fire’ on Mount Abu to fight against the Asuras or demons. According to legend:” Again Vashista (or Agastya) seated in the lotus prepared incantations; again he called the gods to aid, and as he poured forth the libation a figure arose; lofty in stature, of elevated front, hair like jet, eyes rolling, breast expanded, fierce, terrific, clad in armour with quiver filled, a bow in one hand and a brand in the other, quadriform (chaturanga) , hence the name was given as Chauhan”. Another explanation is: that the Chauhan  was born from the fourhanded warrior Chatur-bhuja, Chatur-baha or Chaturvira.
This account makes the Chauhan the most important of the fire clans, and colonel Tod says that he was the most valiant of the Agnikulas, and it may be asserted not of then only but of the whole Rajput race though the swords of the Rathors would be ready to contest the point. Chauhan is also one of the 36 (royal) ruling races of the Rajputs. The Chauhans come from Jaipur and its environ Sambhar (as found from inscriptions) and Ajmer (which is said to been founded by them in the 11th century) in Rajputana appear to have been the first home of the clan, and inscriptions record a long line of 39 kings as reigning from Anhul, the first created Chauhan. The last of them, Vigraha Raja or Bisla Deo, in the middle of the 12th century extended the ancestral dominions considerably, and conquered Delhi from a chief of the Tomara clan. At the time the Chauhans, according to their own bard , held the line of the Nerbudda from Garha Mandla to Maheswar and also Asirgarh, while their dominions extended north to Hissar and south to the Aravalli hills.
The nephew of Bisal Deo was Prithvi Raj Chauhan, the last Hindu Ruler of Delhi. He ruled at Sambhar, Ajmer and Delhi. His first exploit was the abduction of the daughter of Jaichand, the Gaharwar (or Rathore) Raja of Kannauj in 1175. The king of Kanauj had claimed the title of universal sovereign and determined to celebrate the Ashwa-Medha or horse sacrifice, at which all the offices should be performed by vassal kings. This was the last Asvamedha performed by a Hindu king. Pritvi Raj of Delhi and Samarsi of Mewar alone declined to attend as subordinate, and Jaichand therefore made a wooden image of him and set it up at the gate in the part of the doorkeeper. But when his daughter after the tournament took the garland of flowers to bestow it on the chief whom she chose for her husband, she passed by all the assembled nobles and threw the garland on the neck of the wooden image. At this moment Prithvi Raj dashed in with a few companions, and catching her up, escaped with her from her father’s court. Mer. E. Balfour: ” In this successfull rape he lost the flower of his followers and his subsequent defeat by the Muhamaddans has been partly attributed to this. Jaichand , though bereaved of his daughter sent her jahez or trousseau after her. Jaichand closed his career by lapsing into the Ganga at Ferozabad, the ancient Chandwar.”
Afterwards, in 1182, Prithviraj defeated the Chandel king Raja Parmal and captured Mahoba. In 1191 he was the head of a confederacy of Hindu kings in combatting the invasion of Huhammad Ghori. He repelled the Muhamaddans at Tarain about 2 miles north of Delhi, but in the following year was completely defeated and killed at Thaneswar, and soon afterwards Delhi and Ajmer fell to the Muhamadans. The Chauhan kingdom was broken up, but scattered parts of it remained, and about 1307 Asirgarh in Nimar, which continued to be held by the Chauhans, was taken by Ala-ud-din Khilji and the whole garrison put to the sword except one boy. This boy, Raisi Chauhan, escaped to Rajputana, and according to the bardic chronicle his descendants formed the Hara branch of the Chauhans and conquered from the Minas the tract known as Haravati, from which they perhaps took their name. This is now comprised in the Kotah and Bundi states which is now ruled by Hara chiefs. Another well-known offshoot from the Chauhans are the Khichi clan, who belong to the Sind-Sagar Doab; and the Nikumbh and Bhadauria clans are also derived from them. The Chauhans are numerous in Punjab and UP and rank as one of the highest Rajput clans. In the Central Povinces they are found mainly in the Narsinghpur and Hoshangabad Districts, and also in Mandla.  The Chauhans of the Karnal district being closer to Delhi and the Muslim kings started converting to Islam from the 14th to the 17th Century. Chauhans in Rajastan are few in number and live in Alwar district of Rajastan.

Solanki Rajputs (Agnivanshi)

Chalukya (Solinki or Chalok) with 16 branches. Main Shakha- Baghel.
The Marathi septs of Chalukya are: Chalukya, Chalke, Ingale, Pisal, Rannavre, Dubal, Mahale and of Solanki: Salunke, Pandhare, Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonvane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyavhare, Navale, Londhe
It is said that Brahma created a young man from fire. He was holding a sword in one hand and Ved in the other. He came to be known as ‘Chilonki’ because it is believed that as Brahma had prepared the putla or human image on his hand, then had thrown it into fire, the man had born. It is said that the word got corrupted to ‘Milonki’ and later on to ‘Solinki’. Another version is that their original name is Chaluka, because they were formed in the palm (chalu) of the hand. They were not very prominenet in rajputana, but were very prominent in the Deccan. Here they were commonly called Chalukya, though in northern India the name Solanki is more common. As early as AD 350 Pulakesin I made himself master of the town of Vatapi, the modern Badami in the Bijapur District and founded a dynsty, which developed into the most powerful kingdom south of the Nerbudda, and lasted 2 centuries, when it was overthrown by the Rastrakuta Pulakesin II, one of this Chalukya dynasty successfully defended an inroad of the great emperor Harsha Vardhana of Kannauj, who aspired the conquest of the whole of India.
The Rastrakuta kings governed for 2 centuries and in AD 973 Taila or Tailapa II, a scion of the old Chalukya stock, restored the family of his ancestors to its former glory and founded the dynasty known as that of the Chalukya of kalyan, which lasted like that which it superseeded for nearly 2 centuries and a quarter, up to AD 1190. In the 10th century apparaently another branch of the scion migrated from Rajputana into Gujarat and established a new dynasty there, owing to which Gujarat, which had formerly been known as Lata, obtained its present name. The principal king of this line was Sidh raj Solanki, which is well known to tradition. From these Chalukya or Solanki rulers the Baghel clan arose, which afetrwards migrated to Rewah. The Solankis are found UP and in small numbers in MP (Hoshangabad and Nimar).
Salunkhes are descendents of Solanki Dynasty of Gujarat. Solankies ruled on Gujarat before 900 years. Solankies were descendents of Chalukyas of Karnataka in 6th to 8 century A.D. from Badami. Another branch of Chalukyas ruled between 973 A.D. to 1186 from Kalyan on Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Chalukyas were Jains and this tradition was also in Solankies.
Kumarpal Solanki was the famous king of this dynasty who ruled between 1143 to 1172 A.D. He defeated the Turk invaders. Solanki is the famous clan of Oswal Jains.
Baghel / Vaghela (means race of the tiger or tiger club)
Baghel: In the ancient work entitled “Komarpal Charitra,” Baghel was listed as one of the Rajput tribes of Rajasthan (Tod 69), but are a branch of Sisodias. Walker described the Baghel, or Baghela, as one of the chief Rajput clans who played a major part in history. “Baghela or Vaghela of Gujarat...are related to the Chalukyas, and most propable a branch of it and have given their name to Baghelkhand” or Rewa, but others of the tribe have spread through Budelkhund. Allahabad, Benares, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad. The chiefs of Rewah are Baghel and the Maharaja Raghuraj Singh has written a traditional history in Bhakt Mala. He derives their name from a chield , having the form of a tiger (bhagh), who was born to the Solanki Raja of Gujarat. The Bombay Gazetteer states that the founder of the clan was one Anoka, nephew of the Solanki king of Gujarat, Kumarpal (1143-1174). He obtained a grant of the village of Vaghela, the tiger’s lair. Subsequently the Baghels extended their power over the whole of Gujarat, but in 1304 the last king Karnadeva, was driven out by the Muhameddans and of his most beautiful wives was captured and sent to the emperor’s harem. Karnadeva and his daughter fled and hid themselves near Nasik, but the daughter was subsequently taken also, while it is not stated what became of Karnadeva. Mr. Hira Lal assistant of Mr.Russel suggests that he fled towards Rewah and that he is the Karnadeva of the list of Rewah Rajas, who married a daughter of the Gond-Rajput dynasty of Garha-Mandla. At any rate the Baghel branch of Solankis apperently migrated to Rewah from Gujarat and founded that state in the 14 th century and in the 15 th century they became prominent. According to captain Forsyth , the Baghels claim descent from a tiger and protect it when they can, They are found in Hoshangabad in Mandla and Chattisgarh which are close to Rewah. They were also known as Makwara.

The History of Rajputs

Rajputs, sanskrit word meaning son of a king (rajputra), dominant people of Rajputana, an historic region now almost coextensive with the state of Rajasthan, NW India. The Rajputs are mainly Hindus of the warrior caste but their are also Muslim Rajputs spread over North-West India and Pakistan; traditionally they have put great value on etiquette and the military virtues and take great pride in their ancestry. Of these exogamous clans, the major ones were Rathore, Shekhawat, Bhati, Kachchwaha, Chauhan, and Sisodiya. Their power in Rajputana grew in the 7th century. The Rajputs expanded through most of the plains of central India. Under the British, many of the Rajput princes maintained independent states within Rajputana, but they were gradually deprived of power after India attained independence in 1947.

The Rajput Vans Are :
- Agnikul:
(1). Chauhan : Gotra-Vats Major Shakhas- Hada, Songara, Deora, Khichi, Shambhri, Sanchora, Pavia, Goyalwal, Bhadauria, Malani, Nirwan, Puravia,Madrecha, Cheeba, Mohil,Chahil, Balecha, Chachera,Boda,Nadola......etc
(2). Soalnki (Chalukya) : Shakhas : Baghel
(3). Parmar/Pawar/Panwar : Gotra-Vahisht Major Shakhas- Mori, Sodha,Sankhla, Khechar ,Umra & Sumra (Muslim converts in Pak), Kohil, Daddha, Maipawat, Khair, Bhuller, Sorgatia,Pachawara,Varah, KabaBeedh, Badhel, Dheek, Ujjjainia, Kaleja.....etc. Also major Parmar branches— Chavda: Gotra-Kashyap in Gujrat & Mewar. Dodia: Mainly in Sardargarh(Mewar), Piploda(MP), Dangi, Gudan Khera, Champaner (Gujarat) & UP- Muradabad, Bulandshaher, Meerut, Aligarh, Banda, & Panna & Sagar in MP.
(4). Pratihar/Parihar: Gotra-Kashyap(Somtimes Koshyal/Kanshilya) 13 major shakhas Lullra, Surawat,Rameta, Budhkhel/Pokhawat,Inda, Khokhar,Kilhan/Kalhans/Chandra/Chuhhan, Ghorana,Dhandhil, Sindhu,Dorana,Subrana,Pahara,Keshodas,Sonpalol, Deep Singh

- Suryavansh:
Major subdivisions with Gotras —
1) Suryavanshi- Gotra: Kashyap
2) Nimi vansh- Gotra: Vashishta
3) Nikumbha Vansh (Shreenet/Sirnet) - Gotra: Vashist/ Bharadwaj
4) Gohil – Gotra: Kashyap
5) Gehlot - Major subdivisions- Sisodia, Gohil Sub-sub divisions: Chundawat, Ranawat, Shaktawat, Sarangdevot, Sangawat, Chandrawat, Kshemawat, Suhawat, Ahariya Gotra: Vaijpay/Vaijpayen/Kashyap/Gautam. Note: Bhonsle are a non-Rajput (Maratha) subdivision of the Gehlot vansh
6) Rathore/Gahadval/Gaharwar/Rashtrakutt - Gotra:Gautam/Kashyap in UP. Main subdivisions- Champawat, Kupawat, Bika, Jodha, Udawat,Dangi,Sihamalot, Mahecha, Mertia, Vanar, Khokhar,Pokharan, Khabaria, Barmera, Mohania, Boola, Mopa, Sunda, Randa, Vikramayat, Kotaria, Jaitmallot .
7) Gautam- Gotra: Gautam
8) Kushwaha/Kachchawa - Gotra:Manavya/Gautam. Major subdivisions: Gogawat, Kubhani, Naruka, Ladkhani, Tajkhani, Nathawat, Rajawat, Shekhawat, Jeetawat, Bankawat, Balbhadrot, Khangarot, Chaturbhujot
9) Badgujar (Raghav) - Gotra:Vashisht Major shakhas- Sikarwar,Khadad,Lawtamia,Taparia, Madadh (Gotra: Bharadwaj)
10) Gaur- Gotra:Bharadwaj
11) Pundir/Dahima- Gotra: Paulastya Major Shakha-Kalwal/Koolwal
12) Dahiya- Gotra: Vyas (Extinct)
13) Dogra- Gotra: Kashyap

Chandravansh:
1) Yaduvanshi/Jadaun- Gotra:Kondindya
2) Bhati- Gotra:Atri Major Shakhas- Tabni, Bogha, Lahua, Maheda / Badecha, Rawalot, Sirmauria
3) Haihai / Kaluchari- Gotra:Krishnatreya / Kashyap / Shandilya
4) Jadeja- Major Shakhas- Sarvaia, Raijdas, Vaj
5)Chandel- Gotra:Chandrayan. Major Shakhas- Chamarkate, Mohabiye
6) Tomar/Tanwar- Gotra: Gargya/Vyadhrapad. Major Shakhas- Runecha, Gvelera, Beruar, Bildaria, Khati, Indoria, Jwala, Ritalia ,Somwal, Raikwal, Mohala, Jaggara, Suniar, Jodhana, Namal, Miha, Saidha, Chandoria, Supal, Devat, Meeri, Panwa, Damdera, Ladhwa, Godhewa, Atawari, Sarohe, Jatu, Jairawta, Raghotanwar, Satrawala, Kalia.
7) Sengar- Gotra: Gautam. Major Shakhas: Chutu, Kadamb, Barhiya, Dahlia, Daharia
8) Bundela- Gotra: Kashyap (Controversial as to whether they are in Chandravansh or a branch of Gaharwar/Rathores)
Major Shakhas-Bundela,Kathi,Karmwar (Gotra:Baradwaj), Sarniha .
9) Jhala (Makwana)- Gotra: Kashyap
10)Banafar- Gotra:Kondinya/Kashyap Major Shakha- Pathania
11) Kanhavanshi- Gotra: Bharadwaj
12) Raksel
13) Katoch
14) Chaupatkhammbh
15) Gargvansh- Gotra:Garg
16) Bajvansh
17) Sen vansh- Bengal, Mandi & Suket in HP.
18) Janwar- Gotra: Kaushik
19) Palwar- Gotra:Vyadhra
20) Bharadwaj- Gotra:Bharadwaj
21) Kaushik- Gotra: Kaushik

Nagvansh:
1) Bais/Bhale Sultan- Gotra: Bharadwaj Major Shakhas-Kot bahar,Kath,Dondia, Trilokchandi,Pratishthanpuri,Chandosia,
Rawat,Kumbhi,Narwaria,Bhale sultan Rishivansh/Brahmkshatriya
1) Gautam (See Suryavansh)
2) Sengar (See Chandravansh)
3) Bisen- Gotra:Parasar Also included in Suryavansh Major Shakhas-Bumtela(Gotra-Shandilya), Bumbwar(Gotra-Bharadwaj),
Donwar(Gotra-Kashyap)
4)Dixit/Dikkit- (Gotra-Kashyap) Also included in Suryavansh/Chandravansh.

Rishivansh/Brahmkshatriya:
1) Gautam (See Suryavansh)
2) Sengar (See Chandravansh)
3) Bisen- Gotra: Parasar. Also included in Suryavansh. Major Shakhas- Bumtela (Gotra-Shandilya), Bumbwar (Gotra-Bharadwaj), Donwar (Gotra-Kashyap)
4) Dixit / Dikkit- (Gotra-Kashyap). Also included in Suryavansh / Chandravansh
Note: All Rajputs are eventually divided in to either Suryavansh or Chandravansh, including those belonging to Agnikul / Nagvansh / Rishivansh. Eg in Agnikul, Chauhan, Parmar & Pratihar are Suryavnshi & Solankis are Chandravanshi. In Nagvansh, Bisen are Suryavanshi. In Rishivansh, Gautam,Bais,Dixit & Pundir are Suryavansi & Dixit (overlap) & Sengar are Chandravanshi.

The Mer lineages:
Surname - Sub-surname
Keshwala - Antrolia, Erda
Sisodia - Godhania, Khastriya, Ranavaya, Modhavadia, Kuchadia, Haddiya,
Rajsakha - Khunti, Karavadra, Gorania Sundavadra, Bokhiriya, Selor, Selan, Jethwa
Pashtriya - Butad, Revdaria
Odedra - Visana
Jadeja - Kadcha, Tarkhala, Ratia, Kadegia
Solanki - Timba, Divrania, Sida, Bhogesra, Juneja, Waghela
Parmar - Mahiyaria, Balega, Mundera, Pata, Gorsera
Vadher - Sarma, Sutreja, Sindhal, Dasa
Vada - Bapodra, Agath, Muliasiya
Chavda - Bhatti, Bhutiya, Bhadia
Chauhan - Gareja
Vadhia - Vadar, Bajigiya
Pathiar - Tapalia
Vagh - Vagh, Bhalegia, Goregia
Bhatti  
Chudasama  
Waghela