Solanki

For the English cricketer, see Vikram Solanki. For the scientist, see Sami Solanki.

Solanki Empire सोलंकी Solanki Samrajya
← CE 942–CE 1244 →
Capital	Patan
Language(s)	Gujarati
Religion	Hinduism
Government	Monarchy
King
- 942/960-995/997	Mulraj I
- 1143–1173	Kumarpal
- 1242–1244	Tribuvanpal
Historical era	Classical India
- Established	CE 942
- Disestablished	CE 1244

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The Solanki (Devanagari: सोलंकी) was a royal Hindu Indian dynasty that ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th to 13th centuries. A number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign them Gurjar origin.^[1][2]

The name Solanki comes from Chalukya the ancient Indian dynasty. During 543–566, Pulakesi I, established the kingdom at Vatapi (present-day Badami, Bagalkot District in North Karnataka of Karnataka).^[3] The Solanki clan-name is found within the Rajput and Gurjar^[4] community of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

In Gujarat, Anhilwara (modern Siddhpur Patan) served as their capital. Gujarat was a major center of Indian Ocean trade, and Anhilwara was one of the largest cities in India, with population estimated at 100,000 in the year 1000. The Solankis were patrons of the great seaside temple of Shiva at Somnath Patan in Kathiawar; Bhima Dev helped rebuild the temple after it was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1026. His son, Karandev, conquered the Bhil king Ashapall or Ashaval, and after his victory established a city named Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati River, at the site of modern Ahmedabad.

See also

Jainism in Gujarat Salunkhes Baghel Badami Cave Temples

Kalachuris Badami Aihole Pattadakal Mahakuta Sudi

Mahadeva Temple (Itagi) Lakkundi Dambal Kundgol Annigeri

Galaganatha Chaudayyadanapura

Middle kingdoms of India
Timeline:	Northwestern India	Northern India	Southern India
6th century BCE  5th century BCE  4th century BCE  3rd century BCE  2nd century BCE  1st century BCE  1st century CE  2nd century  3rd century  4th century  5th century  6th century  7th century  8th century  9th century 10th century 11th century	Gandhara (Persian rule) (Greek conquests) Indo-Greeks Indo-Scythians Indo-Parthians Kushan Empire Indo-Sassanids Kidarite Kingdom Indo-Hephthalites (Islamic conquests) Shahi (Islamic Empire)	Magadha Shishunaga dynasty Nanda empire Kalinga Maurya Empire Sunga Empire Kuninda Kingdom Western Satraps Gupta Empire Harsha Gurjara Pratihara Pala Empire Solanki Eastern Ganga dynasty Sena dynasty	Pandyan Cholas Chera Satavahana empire Kalabhras Kadamba Dynasty Gangas Pallava Chalukya Rashtrakuta Western Chalukyas Hoysala Empire

Notes

1. ^ Dasharatha Sharma (1975). Early Chauhān dynasties: a study of Chauhān political history, Chauhān political institutions, and life in the Chauhān dominions, from 800 to 1316 A.D.. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-8426-0618-9. "According to a number of scholars, the agnikula clans were originally Gurjaras."
2. ^ The early history of India from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest: including the invasion of Alexander the Great, Vincent Arthur Smith, Published by the Clarendon press, 1914, pp.412
3. ^ The Chalukyas of Gujarat were of Karnataka origin, Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath (2001), A Concise History of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC (Reprinted 2002), p8
4. ^ Rose, Horace Arthur; Ibbetson (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. pp. 300. ISBN 8120605055.