History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c42.s2.4

v3.c42.s2.4

Nor is the historical argument of Pandit Gaurishankar sound. The instances of change of gotra are all found in inscriptions later than the 12th century and were all influenced by Vijñāneśvara's dictum. Vijñāneśvara's authority being generally respected is still wrongly influencing the Rajput community. But we have quoted in Vol. II inscriptions dating from before the Christian era wherein Kshatriyas mention their gotras. And the Chālukyas of the Deccan and the Pallavas of South India never fail to mention their gotras. Mānavya and Bhāradvāja, in inscriptions which date as early as the sixth century. If these gotras were not their own but were those of their purohitas, they can never be expected to have been mentioned in inscriptions. And indeed inscriptions of later times distinctly mention that the gotra-rishi is the progenitor of the Kshatriya clan as we go on to show in detail.