Gujarat Sthan Ane Sima
The first settlers in the State of Gujarat were
Gujjars who happened to be an ethnic group of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Although their origins remain uncertain, the clan appeared in northern India
and in Saurashtra about the time of the Huna invasion. The name of the tribe
was ‘sanskritized’ to ‘Gurjara’ who followed the main religions of Hinduism,
Islam, Sikkim and Christianity.
However, the earliest Archeological traces indicate the Indus Valley Civilization as historical relics with the stone age settlements are found in Gujarat around Sabarmati and Mahi rivers. Its roots are also in the Harappan traces found at Lothal, Rampur, Amri and other places.
Ancient Gujarat was ruled by the Maurya
Dynasty. Emperor Chandragupta Maurya conquered a number of states in Gujarat
while his grandson, King Ashoka extended his domain in Gujarat. The reigns of
the first three Mauryas were significant but with Ashoka’s death in 232 B C the
Mauryan empire began to crumble, leading to political defragmentation. The
Shungas who succeeded the Mauryas tried, unsuccessfully, to uphold the
semblance of political unity.
Gujarat Sthan Ane Sima
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