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Chapa[1][2][3][4][5] or Chap[6][7] is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic community of northern India.

Chap Gujjars are distributed in various regions of Pakistan and India. They are mostly Hindus, although some are Muslim.[8][9]

Geographical distribution

Chap Gujjars are found in Punjab, Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan. In India they are mainly located in Gujarat,[8] Rajasthan,[4] Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

References

  1. ↑ singh, Rajinder (2023-01-01). Gujrat Indian State. Guarav book center. As vassals of the Valabhis, Gurjar Chapa or Chavdas held their sway over parts of north Gujarat. They assumed independent control after the fall of Valabhi. Vanraj Chavda, the most prominent of the eight Chavada kings, founded a new capital at ASnhilpur Patan. he reconquered his father's lost territories and founded the Chapa (Gurjara) Dynasty which lasted a shade under a century.
  2. ↑ Warikoo, Kulbhushan; Som, Sujit (2000). Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. p. 8. Chapas the undoubted proof that they are Gurjars, and secondly, from the fact that it was mainly through the Chapas that the Gurjars gave their name to Gurjaratra, and thirdly, the statement of the astronomer Brahm Gupt whose writing at Bhinmal in 628 A.D. under the Gurjar king Vyaghra Mukh.
  3. ↑ Rahi, Dr Javaid (2017-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 06 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi Book series on Gujjar History and Culture. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu.
  4. 1 2 Khan, Aakib. Complete Rajasthan (English). SI Publication. p. 106. The Gurjar clan, which ruled at Bhinmal, was known as Chapas (this name is a short version of Chapotkrisht, sanskit word which means excelled in archery or strong.
  5. ↑ Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 412.
  6. ↑ Warikoo, Kulbhushan; Som, Sujit (2000). Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. p. 25. K.M. Munshi has assigned Brahman origin to four Gurjar families (i) Chap (ii) Chauhan (iii) Gehlot (iv) Parmar. We are to examine his arguments in the light of historical facts. The founder of Chap kingdom at Broach was Dadda by name
  7. ↑ "Gurjar Gotra". 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  8. 1 2 Campbell, James M. (1988). Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujarat. Vintage Books. Chavadas or Chápas a branch of the Gurjjaras (Gujars') as the centre of power at Anahi- laváda , 480 ; a Gurjjara king of Bhinmal (A.D. 628).
  9. ↑ Varma, Ratanalāla (1987). Bhāratīya saṃskr̥ti ke rakshaka (in Hindi). Bhāratīya Gurjara Parishad.

Further reading

  1. Printed at the Government Central Press (1901) Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency :Volume 9, Part 1 p.560
  2. Sir George Abraham Grierson (1916) Linguistic Survey of India: Volume 9, Part 4 p.12
  3. Archæological Survey of India (1911) Indian Antiquary: Volume 40 p.86
  4. Vintage Books (1988) Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujarat: Volume 2 p.560


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