Hari-chandra, a Brāhmaņa established the Pratīhāra power at Gürjara. He had four sons by his Kshatriyā wife, one of whom founded the Gürjara dynasty of Nandipuri near Broach.
Samanta, the first Chahamāna in the list, was a Brāhmaņa born at Ahichchhatrapura.