A collateral branch
The Chatsu Guhilas are known chiefly from a long praśasti inscription recording the genealogy of the family and the achievements of its rulers, including service in Pratihāra campaigns. They held a modest territory and never became independent.
Several Guhila branches are attested across Rajasthan and Gujarat in this period, of which the Medapāṭa line at Mewar was the one that endured. The others illustrate a normal pattern in medieval Indian dynastic history: a successful family throws off collateral lines that hold subordinate territories, most of which are absorbed within a few generations, while one branch happens to survive and is later treated as the whole family's history.
Further reading
- Hawley, John Stratton. A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement. Harvard University Press, 2015
- Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. The Colas. University of Madras, 1955
- Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India. Oxford University Press, 1955
- Basham, A. L. The Wonder That Was India. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1954
- Kulke, Hermann. A History of India. Routledge, 2004
See also
This entry was last revised on 1 August 2026.