Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c8.37

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the plate was in Dr. Bhagvanlal's possession. In editing the plates bequeathed to the British Museum, Dr. Bhandarkar (I. A. S., II. XVIII. 235) mentions another grant dated A.D. 758 (A.D. 867) by Dhruva's mother Dantivarman. This may be either the one he refers to as the one of Gurjaras, as in this case the term Gurjara does not refer to the tribe but to the country. There is little reason to doubt the reference is to the Gurjaras of Gujarat or perhaps the people acting through their overlords the Chahudas or Anahilavada who then held the country north of the Mahi. It is possible that the Gurjaras and other local tribes were then establishing almost with certainty that the Chahudas or Chavotakas are of the Gurjara race.