Chronology of Chudasama dynasty

Mandalika Kavya, a Sanskrit poem by Gangadhara, provides some information on the dynasty, though it holds limited historical accuracy.

Historians like Ranchhodji Diwan, A. K. Forbes, James Burgess[1], and Gaurishankar Oza have attempted to determine a more consistent genealogy and chronology.

Based on dates from inscriptions linked to Chudasama kings and other literary sources, the genealogy and chronology of the dynasty's later period are now relatively established.

Later, a Chudasama king named Mandalika apparently regained Vanthali as Chaulukya rule weakened, marking a new starting point for the dynasty’s later genealogy in subsequent inscriptions.

Since inscriptions describe the Chudasama resistance against the Gujarat Sultans, it can be concluded that they were the most powerful dynasty in the Saurashtra region during that period.

In this work, Ranchhodji documented that the Chudasama dynasty belonged to the Chandravanshi lineage, claiming they were descendants of Shri Sadashiv and originally hailed from Sindh.

[11] He provided the following chronology of Chudasama rulers in Tarikh-i-Sorath:[11] Following the defeat by Mahmud Begada, Mandalika’s descendants were granted the jagir of Junagadh as Jagirdars.

Burgess consulted several manuscripts and referenced an inscription from the Vastupal Jain Temple on Mount Girnar to verify the chronology provided by Ranchhodji Amarji.