History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c42.s2.5

v3.c42.s2.5

Let us take the four supposed Agnikula clans first: 1 The Paramāras are distinctly said to belong to Vasishtha gotra because they were born from his fire and not because Vasishtha was their purohita. In the Udepur Prasasti we have वसिष्ठगोत्रोद्भव एष लोके ख्यातस्तदादौ परमारवंशः. And this gotra still continues in this clan even among the Marathas. 2 The Chāhamānas are Vatsagotri. In one inscription the first Chāhamāna is said to be born from Vatsa Rishi's tear; and in the Bijolia inscription the first Chāhamāna is said to be born from a Brahmin of Vatsa gotra (or in the gotra of Vatsa Brahmin or Rishi). Vatsa is not his purohita. 3 The Pratihāras are said to be born from a Pratihāra Brahmin and in another place from Lakshmaṇa brother of Rāma. (Their gotra has not been ascertained). 4 The Chalukyas are said to be born from Droṇa's chuluka and hence of the Bhāradvāja gotra as stated distinctly in a Kalachuri inscription. In fine, these four Rājput clans are born in the gotras they invariably claim upto now; and the inscriptions referred to above are all of a date anterior to Vijñānesvara. His dictum was clearly then unknown.