Gurjara

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Gurjara refers to an early medieval people or polity in northwestern India often associated with the origins and ethnogenesis of the Gujjar (Gurjar) community.

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Gurjara canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval polity
historical ethnic group
historical people
associatedPolity Gurjara country (Gurjaratra) NERFINISHED
associatedWith Gujjar community NERFINISHED
Gurjar community NERFINISHED
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty NERFINISHED
Rajput polities NERFINISHED
category Medieval Indian ethnic groups
Medieval Indian polities
culturalSphere North Indian
Rajasthani-Gujarati region NERFINISHED
ethnicIdentity Indo-Aryan group
ethnogenesisOf Gujjar NERFINISHED
Gurjar NERFINISHED
ethnonymFor Gujjar people in early sources
historicalStatus partly tribal and partly political designation
influenced regional politics of northwestern India
languageContext Sanskrit NERFINISHED
linkedDynasty Chaulukyas (Solankis) NERFINISHED
Paramaras NERFINISHED
Pratiharas NERFINISHED
locatedIn South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

northwestern India
mentionedIn Sanskrit literary sources
early medieval Indian inscriptions
nameVariant Gurjar NERFINISHED
Gurjara NERFINISHED
Gurjjara NERFINISHED
politicalRole regional ruling clans
region Gujarat NERFINISHED
Malwa NERFINISHED
Rajasthan NERFINISHED
western Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Gujjars NERFINISHED
Rajputs NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
scholarlyDebate origins of the Gurjara people
whether Gurjaras were immigrants or indigenous
socialRole landholding elite
warrior group
sourceType epigraphic evidence
literary evidence
timePeriod circa 6th to 10th century CE
early medieval period
toponymDerivedFrom Gurjaratra (later Gujarat) NERFINISHED

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Gujjars historicallyLinkedTo Gurjara