The Chudasama are a Rajput[1] clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. They are offshoot of Samma (tribe) of Sind.[2][3]

Origin

The Anthropological Survey of India, notes the Chudasama are an offshoot of the Samma (tribe), probably of yadav[4] origin who entered India during the seventh or eighth century and are found in Kachchh, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts.[5] Some scholars, however, regard the Chudasamas as Abhiras.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Harald Tambs-Lyche (2004). The Good Country:Individual, Situation, and Society in Saurashtra. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 131. ISBN 978-81-7304-417-5.
  2. ^ Kapadia, Aparna (16 May 2018). Gujarat: The Long Fifteenth Century and the Making of a Region. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-107-15331-8. Retrieved 24 June 2021. The Chudasamas were a branch of the Samma lineage that acquired the principality of Vanthali from the local ruler.
  3. ^ Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. 2003. p. 1174. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8.
  4. ^ Chaube, J. (1975). History of Gujarat Kingdom, 1458-1537. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-88386-573-6.
  5. ^ Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. 2003. p. 1174. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8.
  6. ^ Congress, Indian History (1953). The Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. p. 95.
  7. ^ Munshi, Kanaiyalal Maneklal (1943). The Glory that was Gūrjaradeśa: The pre-historic west coast. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 137.