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[[File:Uparkot Fort 19 Clicked by Hariom Raval.jpg|thumb|right|Uparkot fort occupied during reign of Graharipu]]
'''Graharipu''' (sometimes Graharipu the [[Ahir]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nuq1AAAAIAAJ&q=graharipu+ahir| title= The Chronology of Indian History, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century| publisher= Cosmo Publications | work= History | date= 1972 | author= Christian Mabel Duff Rickmers| pages=284}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gk7AQAAMAAJ&q=Graharipu+ahir| title= Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujarat, Volume 2| publisher= Vintage Books| work= History | date= 1988 | author= James M. Campbell| pages=527}}</ref> was a 10th-century [[Chudasama dynasty|Chudasama]]<ref>{{cite book |author=K. V. Soundara Rajan |author-link=K. V. Soundararajan |title=Junagadh |year=1985 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |quote="The Chudasama dynasty, originally of Abhira clan [...] An illustrious ruler of this clan in the 10th cent. was Graharipu or Grahario I" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2eIcAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> ([[Abhira tribe|Abhira]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&dq=abhira+graharipu&pg=PA324|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|date=1999|publisher=New Age International|isbn=978-81-224-1198-0|page=324|quote=After consolidating his position, he turned against Graharipu, the Abhira chief of Saurashtra and his ally Laksha or Lakha, the ruler of Cutch|language=en}}</ref>) king of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of western India with his capital at Vamanasthali (now [[Vanthali]]). He was a contemporary of [[Mularaja]], the first [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukya]] ruler of [[Anahilapataka]] (now Patan).<ref name="Majumdar1994">{{cite book|author=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|title=Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNxiN5tzKOgC&pg=PA303|access-date=30 June 2011|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-0436-4|pages=303–}}</ref> Graharipu built or repaired Durgapalli, the ancient fort in [[Junagadh]] identified as [[Uparkot Fort|Uparkot]].<ref name="RajanIndia1985">{{cite book|author1=K. V. Soundara Rajan|author2=Archaeological Survey of India|title=Junagadh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPNEAAAAIAAJ|access-date=30 June 2011|year=1985|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India}}</ref><ref name="Parikh" />
[[Hemachandra]], in the Dvyashraya-Kavya describe the prince Graharipu, ruling at [[Vanthali]] near [[Junagadh]], as an [[Abhira tribe|Abhira]] and a [[Yadava]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Enthoven |first=Reginald Edward |title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay |date=1990 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0630-2 |pages=25 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ntuAAAAMAAJ&q=Hemachandra+kavya+Yadava |title=Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India |date=1996-12-31 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7304-176-1 |pages=56 |language=en |quote=Hemachandra, in the Dyashraya-Kavya, describe the prince Grahasipu, ruling at Vanthali near Junagadh, as an Abhira and a Yadava (Krishna's legendary tribe) (Enthoven 1920, 25).}}</ref>
The [[AbhiraChudasama peopledynasty|AbhirasChudasama]] began to rule in Southern and western [[Saurashtra (region)|Sourashtra]] from the second half of the 10th century A.D their capital was vamanshtali, modern vanthali nine miles west of [[Junagadh]]. They became very powerful during the reign of Graharipu who defeated the [[Saindhava|Saindhavas]] and the [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukyas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majumdar |first=Ramesh Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnZDAAAAYAAJ |title=Ancient India |date=1964 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |pages=303 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |url=https://books.google.co.incom/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA344&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 |pages=344 |language=en}}</ref>
The growing power of the Chudasama dynasty{{cn|date=March 2024}} and his acts of harassing the pilgrims to [[Somnath temple]] resulted in his conflict with Mularaja. After a major and decisive battle, Mulraja defeated Graharipu. The ruler from [[Kutch]], Laksha had fought alongside Graharipu in the battle and was killed. After this battle, the Chudasama{{cn|date=March 2024}} domain was repeatedly attacked by subsequent Chaulukya rulers.
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