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Navaghana

ra of Saurashtra

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ42583898 ↗
Source-derived summary

Navaghana was a Chudasama king of Saurashtra region of western India who reigned from 1306 CE to 1308 CE (VS 1362 to VS 1364). His capital was at Junagadh.

Reign

Navaghana was middle aged when he succeeded his father Mandalika I. He is mentioned in the inscriptions of Neminath Temple (c. VS 1510 or 1454 CE) on Girnar where he is remembered as a mighty warrior. During his short reign of two years, he had installed Shivalinga in the Somanatha temple which was destroyed during reign of his father.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1306, 1308, 1362, 1364—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Navaghana and Saurashtra can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Navaghana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.