Khengara was a

Chudasama Chudasama may refer to: * Chudasama dynasty, a dynasty of Gujarat, India * Chudasama (Mer clan), clan of Mer community * Chudasama (Rajput clan), clan of Rajput community * Chudasama (surname), Gujarati surname See also * Chuda (disambiguation ...

king of

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region of western India who reigned from 1331 CE to 1351 CE ( VS 1387 to VS 1407). His capital was at

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Reign

Khengara succeeded his father

Mahipala I Mahipala I (913–944) ascended the throne of Pratihara Empire after his half brother Bhoja II. He was a son of Queen Mahidevi. Mahipala I was also known by the names: ''Ksitipala'', ''Vinayakapala'', ''Herambapala'' and ''Uttarapatha Swami'' ...

in 1331 CE. He expelled the Muslim governors from

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and

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and restored decayed Somnath temple. A cobbler named Taghan or Tagi, who had been raised to power in Gujarat, raised a rebellion amongst the nobles against the governor appointed by Delhi Sultan

Muhammad bin Tughluq Muhammad bin Tughluq (; ; 1290 – 20 March 1351), or Muhammad II, also named Jauna Khan as Crown Prince, further known by his epithets, The Eccentric Prince, or The Mad Sultan, was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from 4 February 1 ...

. Tughluq marched with an army on Anhilawada Patan to restore order, and Taghan fled to Junagadh and sought protection from Khengara. In 1350 CE ( HS 760/VS 1406), Tughluq again led an army against Junagadh, besieged the fort for two rainy seasons and eventually captured it. In this battle, Vaghela Vir, a devoted adherent of Khengara, was slain. Khengara was imprisoned and however soon released. But Taghan fled to

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. Tughluq, after subduing the coastal town and several petty chiefs, spent rainy season at Gondal where he became ill with fever. After rains were over, Tughluq went to Sindh but his health worsened and he died at

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in Sindh in 1351 CE. Revati Kund inscription mentions that he had conquered the eighteen islands on the coast and was a great patron of music. He is said in the ''Mandalika Kavya'' to have subdued eighty four minor chieftains,

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s and Gohils included, though ''Mandalika Kavya'' is not historically reliable source. Khengara died in 1351 CE and was succeeded by his son Jayasimha I. He is mentioned in the inscription (VS 1402/1346 CE) incised on the pedestal of ''Chaturvinshati Jinapatta'' (the 24

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display) at Mangrol which says his minister named Jhajha had caused this ''Jinapatta'' to be made at

Girnar Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. It is one of the holiest pilgrimages of Jains, where the 22nd Tirthankara, Tirthaṅkar, Lord Neminath attained omniscience, and later nirvana at its highest peak (''Neminath Shikhar''), ...

. He is also mentioned in genealogy in inscriptions at Revati Kund near

Damodar Kund Damodar Kund, located at the foothills of Girnar hills, near Junagadh in the Indian state of Gujarat, is considered a sacred lake as per Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also kn ...

, Junagadh (VS 1472/1417 CE); at the Hanivav, Dhandhusar (VS 1445/1389 CE); and at Neminath Temple (c. VS 1510/c. 1454 CE) on

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