Talk:Mewar

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Guhils[edit]

The Guhila dynasty ruled the Medapata (modern Mewar) region in present-day Rajasthan state of India. The Guhila kings initially ruled as Gurjara-Pratihara vassals between 8th and 10th centuries. Their capitals included Nagahrada (Nagda) and Aghata (Ahar). For this reason, they are also known as the Nagda-Ahar branch of the Guhilas. The Guhilas assumed sovereignty after the decline of the Gurjara-Pratiharas in the 11th century. The Guhilas were conferred with Rana while their successors, The Sisodias of Chittorgarh and Udaipur were conferred with Maharana.

For Guhilas of Rajasthan, see Guhila dynasty.

The Guhil Lineage: Guhil Dynasty at Chittor

Source: Brian Masters - Maharana:The Story of the Rulers of Udaipur - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NIwwLgEACAAJ, and Jaswant Lal Mehta - Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=iUk5k5AN54sC

Web source - http://www.eternalmewar.in/research/ancestry/569-977.aspx, http://www.eternalmewar.in/research/ancestry/977-1213.aspx, http://www.eternalmewar.in/research/ancestry/1213-1652.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarkarankur (talk • contribs) 14:28, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

WP:INDIA Banner/Rajasthan workgroup Addition[edit]

Note: {{WP India}} Project Banner with Rajasthan workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Rajasthan or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- TinuCherian (Wanna Talk?) - 07:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The flag (Nishaan, dvaj) of Mewar is 1. Crimson, and not purple as depicted here, and 2. It contains a golden light-radiating / flaming sum and a silver colored Kataar (non-curved, triangular dagger), but NOT a moon, the pointed end of kataar should be pointing towards the apex of the triangular flag, the kataar should be rotated 90 degrees and 3. The flag shape is (?) an isosceles triangle and NOT a right angle triangle. Necessary corrections should be made in the flag.

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Pronounciation[edit]

The pronounciation (long "a" like "wand") is not very helpful. I am English, and "wand" has a shot vowel for me! It would be better to use the phonetic alphabet. Bazza1971 (talk) 16:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

huh…… I'm in america, and its still short. this person probably meant short. 121.162.173.84 (talk) 10:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In fact there are TWO WRONGS here! 1.The long "aa" should be as in "far"-simple! More importantly, the name should NOT end in "r" but in "d", so the correct spelling will be Mewaad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PSKarjali (talk • contribs) 14:11, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Information about the Mewar State / Kingdom[edit]

According to this article, this article is about the "natural and historical region", and there is a separate article about the kingdom / state: Udaipur State. As such, the overly detailed sections about the kingdom / state do not belong here. These sections are largely unsourced -- if nobody has an objection, I'll trim/remove these. utcursch | talk 16:19, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. A very brief/trimmed history may be adequate to provide some basic context for the historical region.Deccantrap (talk) 19:12, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Bhil[edit]

Recently a IP user edited; diff and diff, claimed that the region was ruled by a so called Bhil dynasty in eleventh dynasty (no dynasty of note exist with these name as far as I know), they sourced it to a author Ashfaq Ali who is not a professional historian or even remotely close to that.

  • Secondly, this is a obvious factual error, Mewar region was ruled by one family with a continous male line from atleast eighth century when Bappa Rawal founded the state. In the twelfth century, they got spilited (around 1170 CE) when Karn Singh (Guhila ruler) or his son founded the minor branch in Sisoda region, who called themselves as Sisodias. When Alauddin sacked Chittor in 1303 during Ratan Singh reign (not commenting about his fate, though no epigraphic evidence indicate his existence post the debacle); Sisodia chief Rana Lakshman Singh died fighting along with his seven sons and from one of them (Ari Singh), was Hammir Singh born, who later re established the Mewar dynasty with same line of rulers that also included famous Maharana Pratap & Rana Sanga.

To @Extorc: who regularly edit in history of Mewar region for more input in case I missed anything. To the IP user, cite better references (None exist for this claim) here and seek a consensus before adding this extract in the future. P&t (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Packer&Tracker. Yes, Mewar was ruled continuously ruled by the direct successors of Guhadatta from the 7th century (or something like that) to 1949. This period was only split once from 1303 to 1326 but was resumed by the members of the same family.
Talking about the 11th century (the subject of the added content there), back then, successors of the ruler Ambaprasad was were simple figureheads appointed by Boja Paramar. (Refer to the page Guhila dynasty for this which I have edited sizably in the past)
So In conclusion, even I am not aware about the Bhil dynasty that ruled Mewar in 11th century, and so is the case with the reliable sources on the topic.
Namely the :
  • History of Mewar from the earliest to 1751 AD - Ram Vallabh Somani (1976)
  • A History of Rajasthan - Rima Hooja (2006)
    >>> Extorc.talk 16:57, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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