Gohilwad

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Map of Surashtra

Gohilwad (गोहिलवाड़) was one of the four districts of Kathiawar in Gujarat, India.

Variants

• Gohilwad (गोहिलवाड़)
• Gohilavada (गोहिलवाड़) (AS, p.308)
• Gohelvad
• Gohilwara

Jat clans

• Gohil

History

Alexander Cunningham writes ... We know that the Rathors occupied Pali to the cast of Balmer in the Samvat year 1283, or A.D., 1220. This settlement of the Rathors must have driven the great body of the Gujars from their ancient seats and forced them to the south towards Anhalwara Pattan and Eder. This was actually the case of the Gohils, who, being expelled from Marwar by the Rathors, settled in the eastern side of the peninsula, which was named after them Gohilwara.

गोहिलवाड़

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...गोहिलवाड़ (AS, p.308): सौराष्ट्र (कठियावाड़, महाराष्ट्र) का दक्षिण-पूर्वी भाग गोहिलवाड़ कहलाता था.