Gurjara

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Gurjara is a kingdom of Bhāratavarsha. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa names it in two places.

Among the eighteen kingdoms

Bhāratavarsha at that time was bounded on the east by Kapila-sthāna, on the west by the Sindhu river, on the north by Badarī-kshetra and on the south by Setubandha. In it were eighteen kingdoms: Indraprastha, Pāñcāla, Kurukshetra, Kampila, Antarvedī, Vraja, Ajamera, Marudhanva, Gurjara, Mahārāshṭra, Draviḍa, Kaliṅga, Avantī, Uḍupa, Baṅga, Gauḍa, Māgadha and Kauśalya.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 2

The birth of Rāhu

After the Mauna peoples, kings of the Nāga line, the Āndhra line, and of Kausala, Naishadha, Saurāshṭra and Gurjara ruled for many years. In Gurjara, Kali took birth from the womb of an Ābhīrī under the name Rāhu.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 2; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23