History Of Gujarat pdf book - Part 01
Gujarat
has a very rich and artistic heritage with a number of pilgrimage which are of
varied culture. Gujarat derives its name from the Prakrit word ‘gurjara
rattaJ means ‘the land of the ‘gurjaras’. It is believed that tribe
of gurjaras migrated to India around 5th century. The history of Gujarat
dates back to 3500 years. The earliest Stone Age settlements in Gujarat are
situated on the margins of the South Asian Zone. The Indus Valley Civilization
also known as the Harappan Civilization have been found in the area
known as Gujarat1 2 and one of the most remarkable Indus Valley sites in India.
The main Harappan occupation lasted from 2450B.C. to 1900 B.C.3
The
early history of Gujarat is full of imperial grandeur of Chandragupta Maurya
who conquered number of earlier states of Gujarat ruled from 322 B.C. to 294
B.C. Emperor asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya also rule
Gujarat and extended his dominion indicated by the rock edicts in the Girnar
Hills. For nearly 400 years from the start of the 1st century, saka rulers
played prominent part in Gujarat’s history.
The
Kshatrapa dynasty was replaced by the Gupta reign with the conquest of
Gujarat by Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Vikramaditya's successor Skandagupta
has left an inscription (450 AD) on a rock at Junagadh which gives details
of the repairs of the embankment, damaged by floods, of Sudarshan Lake by
his Governor. Anarta and Saurashtra regions were both part of the Gupta empire.
Towards the middle of the 5th Century AD the Gupta Empire started to
decline. Bhatarka, the Maitrak general of the Guptas, took advantage of
the situation and in 470 A.D. he set up what came to be known as the Maitrak
kingdom. He shifted his capital from Girinagar to Valabhipur, near Bhavnagar,
on Saurashtra's east coast. Maitrakas of Valabhi became very powerful and their
writ prevailed over large parts of Gujarat and even over adjoining Malwa. Maitrakas
set up a university which came to be known far and wide for its scholastic
pursuits and was compared with the famous Nalanda University. It was during the
rule of Dhruvasena Maitrak that Chinese philosopher-traveler Huan T-sangvisited
in 640 A.D.
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