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- 2. REGION OF SAURASHTRA • THIS MAP SHOWS THE REGION OF SAURASTRA EMPIRE • CAPITAL OF SAURASHTRA IS RAJKOT
- 3. HISTORY • IN THE BEGINNING AGES SAURASHTRA IS NOTED AS SORATH • THE KINGS OF SORATH • PUSHYA GUPTA DURING CHANDRA GUPTA PERIOD • Yavana Tushaspa DURING ASHOKA PERIOD • 9th to 14th century Chudasama Rajput dynasty ruled Sorath with their capitals Vanthali and Junagadh alternatively • After 14 th century sorath came under the control of Muslims
- 4. PEOPLES • THE PEOPLES OF SAURASHTRA ARE KNOWN AS • SAURASHTRIANS • SAURASHENIANS • PALKARS • ABHIRAS • AND FEW MORE NAMES ARE THERE IN HISTORY
- 5. LANGUAGE • Indo-European Indo- Iranian – Indo-Aryan • Western Indo-Aryan – Gujarati » Saurashtra • THIS IS THE HISTORICAL DERIVATION OF SAURASHTRA LANGUAGE
- 6. • RECENTLY SAURASHTRA FOLLOWS DEVAGRI SCRIPT AND TAMIL SCRIPT . THEIR OWN SCRIPT HAS BEEN LOST. 99%OF SAURASHTRIANS ONLY KNOW TO SPEAK. THIS IS ONE OF THE LANGUAGE WHICH IS ALIVE WITHOUT WRRITEN FORMAT ACCORDING TO THE 2010 SURVEY TOTAL SAURASHTRA SPEAKERS ARE 734000 APPROXIMATELY
- 7. WORSHIP OF SAURASHTRA IN ANCIENT PERIOD IN SAURASHTRA ALL THE PEOPLES ARE BRAHMINS AND Kshatriya EVERY MONTH PRIEST OF SOMNATH TEMPLE WILL BE CHANGED HEAD OF THE SAURASHTRA FAMILY WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE OF 1 MONTH
- 8. ATTACKS • Mahmud Ghazni attack on sawrashtra • He attacked 16 times and lost each and every time • At last 17 th time he become like fox • He known the secret that sawrashtrians will not use their weapon for one day as a prayer to get more power from somnath lord
- 9. SAURASHTRA STATE • AFTER BRITISH RULE • 217 princely states of Kathiawar, including the former Junagadh State, were merged to form the state of Saurashtra on 15 February 1948. Initially, it was named United State of Kathiawar which was renamed to Saurashtra State in November 1948.
- 10. LEGEND AND SACRIFICE OF SAURASHTRA • THE SAURASHTRA PEOPLES WHERE THE ONCE WHO WISHED TO FORM INDIA • IT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO JOIN UNION OF INDIA • FATHER OF OUR NATION MAHATHMA GANDHIJI BELONGS TO SAWRASHTRA
- 11. MARRAGE IN SAURASHTRA • THERE ARE 64 FAMILIES IN SAURASHTRA • THE MAIN CONDITION IN SAURASHTRA MARRIAGE THE MARRIAGE SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN SAME FAMILY • IT SHOULD BE HELD IN OTHER 63 FAMILIES • THEY DONOT HAVE ANY CASTE PROBLEMS • IF THEY KNOW TO SPEAK SOWRASHTRA IS ENOUGH FOR MARRIAGE
- 12. EXAMPLE OF FAMILIES IN SOURASHTRA 1. KONDIAN 2. KENDABADI 3. PARAMAKKUDI 4. PARRAGRI 5. KODJU 6. PALOU 7. NAGALOON 1. PULLAN 2. THEEMAN 3. PHISAN 4. EKRETHEEN 5. ADHALN 6. JOGEEN
- 13. BY MOUNUJAYA GOUTHERAM KONDIAN SATHISH NAGARAJ AVINASH RAM