Salunkhe
Salunkhe or Chalukya (साळुंखे) is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states [1]
Titles associated with the Salunkhe group include Patil, Raje, Sardar, Sarkar, and Deshmukh. Their major centre is Majalgaon (Beed District). They have scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Beed, Akola, Buldana, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nagpur, Amravati, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India.
Surname in this clan include Patankar, Gharge, Dubal, Kale, Salunke, Pandhare, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonvane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyawahare, Navale, and Londhe.
History[edit]
The Salunkhe or Salunke is the vernacular form of the word Chalukya[1]
In the western India, people pronounces "Cha" as "Sa". When the Chalukya Kings migrated to western regions (Chalukyas of Lata(Gujarat) , Western(Kalyani) Chalukyas , the name Chalukya was pronounced in local language "Salukya, Salukhya, Saluki", and later got changed to Salunke. There are many maratha families in Maharasthra which still have their title as "Salunkhe or Salunke". In the inscription, which were written in Sanskrit, it was spelled ''Saluki'', ''Saluke'', ''Salukki'', "Chalukya" in inscriptions[2], but in local language it got variations. [3][4] Salunkhe is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan. The Salunkhe clan belongs to the Kshatriya varna. They have Manavya gotra. The descendants of the Chalukya dynasty of the 5th century CE came to be known by the surname Salunkhe in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Salukya/Salunkhe are the corrupt forms of Chaulukya surname. The Pattadakal temples are built in Chalukya architecture. The Salunkhe dynastic clan is regarded as the largest of the 96 Maratha clans.[citation needed]
Titles associated with the Maratha group include Patil, Raje, Sardar, Naik, Sarkar, Deshmukh, and Patil. Surnames included in this royal clan are Salunkhe, Salunke, Chalke, Pandhare, Masaram,Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonawane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyavhare, Navale, and Londhe.
Notables[edit]
- Shrimant Sundarrao Solankhe - Maratha leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
References[edit]
- ^ a b Rawlinson, H. G. (Hugh George) (1937). India, a short cultural history. Internet Archive. London : Cresset.
- ^ Krishnamacharlu, C. R.; Panchamukhi, R. S.; Roa, N. Lakshmana (1940). Bombay-Karnataka inscriptions vol.I. Government Press, Madras.
- ^ Maratha Kshatriyancha Ithihas by Mr.K.B.Deshmukh.(in Marathi)
- ^ Bombay (India : State) (1886). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Govt. Central Press. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
Further reading[edit]
- Prashant Kidambi (2007). The making of an Indian metropolis: colonial governance and public culture in Bombay, 1890-1920. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5612-8.
- Gujarat (India) (1984). Gujarat State gazetteers. Vol. 19. Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State.
- John Vincent Ferreira (1965). Totemism in India. Indian Branch, Oxford University Press.