THE ESTATE OF PALANHERA
Origin- The oldest Chauhan inscription is the Hansot plates dated 756 CE found in Hansot village, Bharuch, Gujarat. It records the gift of a village in Ankleshwar by Chauhan Bhartrvaddha II , a feudal lord of Bharuch in service of Imperial Parihar Emperor Nagabhatt I . However, an inscription is only a mark of ascent to power and Bhartrvaddha II was definitely not a native of Bharuch. Various Chauhan inscriptions - Sevadi village Pali (1119 CE) , Ajmer (circa 1155 CE) , Bijolia (1170 CE) , Sunda (1262 CE) and Acchleshwar temple (1320 CE) variously call the origins of the clan in suryavansh , Vatsa gotra , or as a lineage different from both suryavansh and chandravansh , but remain consistent in putting a legendary hero Chahamana as the progenitor of the clan. However, the genealogical history of the clan is traced to Vasudev Chaham...