Karadiya Rajputs

Karadiya Rajputs are a clan of Rajputs in India, mostly living in Gujarat with a high concentration in Saurashtra kodinar.

A detailed description of the clan's culture and origin can be found in the book Karmi Karadia.

Rajputs of this clan has contributed to fight against Mughal invasion on Somnath. Some surnames of kardiya rajputs(also of nadoda & garasiya)=

zankat-(bless of lord shiva) vala, aswar, solanki, barad, bhatti, chauhan,chanchu chavda, dabhi, dhummad, dahima, devda, dodiya, ghelda, herma, jadav, rathod, kachela, kher, mori, makwana, nakum, padhiyar, sindhav, nirwan, mandora, padheriya, padhar, kherdiya, vihol, masani, palniya, parmar, hadiol, kamliya, limbada, selara, tunvar, limbola,bodana rahevar-revar, nakum-nikumbh, dholetar, vaja only in bhal area, pargadhvi, vainsh, selara, jethva only in rajkot area, ghelada, tank-takshak, vadher, zala,

References

• Harlan, Lindsey (1992), Religion and Rajput Women: The Ethic of Protection in Contemporary Narratives., University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-07339-8  [1].
• Kasturi, Malavika, Embattled Identities Rajput Lineages, Oxford University Press (2002) ISBN 0-19-565787-X
• M K A Siddiqui (ed.), Marginal Muslim Communities In India, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi (2004)

1. zankat ajay