Solanki (clan)

{{Short description|Rajput Clan of Gujarat}}

{{Main|Solanki dynasty}}

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Solanki also known as Chaulukya is a clan name originally associated with the Agnivanshi Kshatriyas (Rajputs) in Northern India but which has also been borrowed by other communities such as the Saharias as a means of advancement by the process of sanskritisation.{{sfnp|Mann|Mann|1989|pp=54, 81|ps=}}{{sfnp|Mishra|Kapoor|2005|pp=131-132|ps=}} Other groups that use the name include the Bhils of Rajasthan, Koḷis, Ghān̄cīs, Kumbhārs, Bāroṭs, Kaḍiyās, Darjīs, Mocīs, Ḍheḍhs, and Bhangīs.{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=Shibani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4RJAAAAMAAJ|title=Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar|publisher=Cosmo Publications|year=1983|location=New Delhi, India|pages=98|language=en}}{{sfnp|Majhi|2010|p=49|ps=}}{{Cite web |title=સોલંકી |trans-title=Solaṅkī |url=http://www.bhagvadgomandal.com/index.php?action=dictionary&sitem=%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%80&type=1&page=0 |website=Bhagavadgomandal}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&q=solanki+rajput&pg=PA700|title=Rajasthan|first=K.S.|last=Singh|author-link=K.S.Singh|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1998|isbn=9788171547692|page=700}}{{Cite book|author=Hermann Kulke|author-link=Hermann Kulke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C|title=A History of India|date=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4|language=en|page=117|quote="When Gurjara Pratiharas power declined after the sacking of Kannauj by the Rashtrakutkas in the early tenth century many Rajput princes declared their independence and founded their own kingdoms, some of which grew to importance in the subsequent two centuries. The better known among these dynasties were the Chaulukyas or Solankis of Kathiawar and Gujarat, the Chahamanas (i.e. Chauhan) of eastern Rajasthan (Ajmer and Jodhpur), and the Tomaras who had founded Delhi (Dhillika) in 736 but had then been displaced by the Chauhans in the twelfth century."}}{{Cite book|author=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21SgAAAAMAAJ|title=Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts and Historical Issues|date=2006|publisher=Anthem|isbn=978-1-84331-132-4|language=en|page=116|quote=The period between the seventh and the twelfth century witnessed gradual rise of a number of new royal-lineages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, which came to constitute a social-political category known as 'Rajput'. Some of the major lineages were the Pratiharas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and adjacent areas, the Guhilas and Chahamanas of Rajasthan, the Caulukyas or Solankis of Gujarat and Rajasthan and the Paramaras of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.}}{{Cite book|author=David Ludden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBq9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|title=India and South Asia: A Short History|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|pages=88–89|quote=By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...|isbn=978-1-78074-108-6|language=en}}