Gujar tribe

...the name of an ancient Indian tribe. They are believed to have entered western India from Central Asia around the 5th century with the Huns (Hephthalites) and others, settled there, and then Indianized, but many historians disagree and advocate that they were indigenous. They became powerful in the mid-6th century, and called themselves Kshatriyas (Rajputs), establishing several kingdoms throughout western India. The Pratihara dynasty, which belonged to this tribe and rose in the Malwa region in the first half of the 8th century, advanced into the Ganga River basin in the early 9th century, moved its capital to Kanauj, and established a large kingdom in northern India (lasting until the beginning of the 11th century).

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Gujar tribe" is listed below.

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…古代インドの種族名。5世紀ごろフン(エフタル)族などとともに中央アジア方面から西インドに入って定着し，インド化したとみられているが，この外来説に反対し土着説を唱える史家も多い。6世紀中ごろから有力となり，クシャトリヤ(ラージプート)と称して西インド各地に数王国を建設した。この種族に属し8世紀前半マールワー地方に興ったプラティーハーラ朝は，9世紀初めガンガー(ガンジス)川流域に進出してカナウジに遷都し，北インドに大王国を建設した(11世紀初めまで続く)。…

※「グージャル族」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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