Ra Graharipu was an Abhira king and ruler of Saurastra. He had a good relationship with Lakha, the son of King Phula of Kutch, and other kings such as Turks. Somnath

Somnath

The Somnath Temple located in the Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of Gujarat, India, is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of the God Shiva. Somnath means "The Protector of Moon God". The Somnath Temple is known as "the Shrine Eternal", having been destroyed...

 Temple was under the Graharipu. He also fought Mularaja Solanki

Solanki

The Solanki was a royal Hindu Indian dynasty that ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th to 13th centuries. A number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign them Gurjar origin....

 in A.D 961 and was also known as Chudasama

Chudasama

The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Chudasama dynasty,originally of Abhira clan from Sindh. The disambiguition of the name Chudasama means, Chuda-Sama, 'Chuda' is an Indian word used for big bangles which are normally worn on the wrist of Indian women and...

. The Abhiras grew very powerful during the reign of Graharipu in the middle of the 10th century AD.
Graharipu built the ancient fort in Junagarh

Junagarh

Junagarh may refer to:* Junagarh, Kalahandi, a town in Kalahandi district, Orissa, India* Junagarh Fort, a fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India...

 town known as Uparkot. Graharipu who is described as a Abhira chief, he was anti-Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

 and used to eat beef, and plundered the pilgrims to Prabhasa tirtha (Somanatha). In order to end this menace the Chalukya Mulrãja, king of Anahilapãtaka marched with his army against Graharipu. Grãha rlpu strengthene his position by securing assistance from Laksha son of Phula, king of Kachchha- desa, also known as Kutch .A great battle was fought on the banks of the Jambumãlj river in which Laksha lost his life and was taken prisoner". Ra Graharipu was defeated by Mularaja who then went and worshipped Somanath.

See also

• Abhiras
• Ahirs
  Ahirs
  Ahir is an Indian caste. The term can be used synonymously with Yadav, as the latter term refers to Ahirs who have identified as Yadavs. The major divisions of Ahirs are: Yaduvanshi, Nandvanshi, and Gwalvanshi.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Yadav
  Yadav
  Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now...
  
  
• Chudasama
  Chudasama
  The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Chudasama dynasty,originally of Abhira clan from Sindh. The disambiguition of the name Chudasama means, Chuda-Sama, 'Chuda' is an Indian word used for big bangles which are normally worn on the wrist of Indian women and...
  
  
• Saurastra
• Junagarh
  Junagarh
  Junagarh may refer to:* Junagarh, Kalahandi, a town in Kalahandi district, Orissa, India* Junagarh Fort, a fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India...
  
  
• Gujarat