Salunkhe (साळुंखे) is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states (Called as Solanki (सोलंकी) Oswal Jains in Gujarat and Solanki (सोलंकी) Rajputs in Rajasthan) in India.
Titles associated with the Salunkhe group include Patil, Raje, Sardar, Sarkar, and Deshmukh. Their major centre is Majalgaon (Beed District). They have scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Beed, Akola, Buldana, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nagpur, Amravati, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India.
Surname in this clan include Patankar, Gharge, Dubal, Kale, Salunke, Pandhare, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonvane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyawahare, Navale, and Londhe.
History edit
The Salunkhe clan descend from Chalukyas.
In the western India, people pronounces "Cha" as "Sa". When the Chalukya Kings migrated to western regions (Chalukyas of Lata(Gujarat) , Western(Kalyani) Chalukyas, and later Chaulukyas of Gujarat (Founder Mulraja) ) , the name Chalukya was pronounced in local language "Salukya, Salukhya, Saluki", and later got changed to Solanki. There are many maratha families in Maharasthra which still have their title as "Salunkhe or Salunke". In the inscription, which were written in Sanskrit, it was spelled correct "Chalukya", but in local language it got variations. [1][2] Salunkhe is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan. The Salunkhe clan belongs to the Kshatriya varna. They have Manavya gotra. The descendants of the Chalukya dynasty of the 5th century CE came to be known by the surname Salunkhe in Maharashtra and Solanki in Gujarat. Prabhas Patan, a city in present-day Gujarat, was the main Thane of the Chaulukyas.[citation needed] The name "Prabhas" arises from Sun God (savitar or bhaskar). His wife named Prabha's son Prabhat. The twelve idols (matching the twelve Adityas or months) of Sun God at Prabhas Patan were later moved to Kanakaditya Temple in Kasheli, Ratnagiri. Salukya/Salunkhe are the corrupt forms of Chaulukya surname. The Somnath Temple in Gir Somnath District is built in Chaulukya Architecture. The Salunkhe dynastic clan is regarded as the largest of the 96 Maratha clans.[citation needed]
Titles associated with the Maratha group include Patil, Raje, Sardar, Naik, Sarkar, Deshmukh, and Patil. Surnames included in this royal clan are Salunkhe, Salunke, Chalke, Pandhare, Masaram,Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonawane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyavhare, Navale, and Londhe.
Notables edit
- Shrimant Sundarrao Solankhe - Maratha leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
References edit
- ^ Maratha Kshatriyancha Ithihas by Mr.K.B.Deshmukh.(in Marathi)
- ^ Bombay (India : State) (1886). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Govt. Central Press. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
Further reading edit
- Prashant Kidambi (2007). The making of an Indian metropolis: colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5612-8.
- Gujarat (India) (1984). Gujarat State gazetteers. Vol. 19. Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State.
- John Vincent Ferreira (1965). Totemism in India. Indian Branch, Oxford University Press.