Salunkhe

Salunkhe (साळुंखे) is the surname of a prominent Maratha or Rajput clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.

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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 Patil, Salunke, Pandhare, Patankar, Patole, Shevale, Babar, Padwal, Magar, Randheer, Ranpise, Sonvane, Gunjal, Lahane, Vyawahare, Navale, and Londhe.

History

The Salunkhe clan descend from Chalukyas.[1][2] 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 Solanki in Gujarat. Prabhas Patan, a city in present-day Gujarat, was the main Thane of the Chaulukyas. The name "Prabhas" arises from Sun God (savitar or bhaskar). His wife named Prabha's son Prabhat. The twelve idols (matching the twelve Adityas or months) of Sun God at Prabhas Patan were later moved to Kanakaditya Temple in Kasheli, Ratnagiri. Salukya/Salunkhe are the corrupt forms of Chaulukya surname. The Salunkhe dynastic clan is regarded as the largest of the 96 Maratha clans.

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

References
  1. Maratha Kshatriyancha Ithihas by Mr.K.B.Deshmukh.(in Marathi)
  2. Bombay (India : State) (1886). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Govt. Central Press. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

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