Rawal Allata (Rāwal Allaṭa) or Allata was a ruler of the

Guhila dynasty The Guhilas of Medapata colloquially known as Guhilas of Mewar were a Rajput dynasty that ruled the Medapata (modern Mewar) region in present-day Rajasthan state of India. The Guhila kings initially ruled as Gurjara-Pratihara feudatories be ...

. He was the son and successor of

Rawal Bharttripatta II Rawal Bharttripatta II or Rawal Bhartribhatta II (Bhartṛipaṭṭa) was a ruler of the Guhila dynasty in the Udaipur region of Rajputana in India in the first half of the 10th century. He became the Rawal in 942/43 after his father Khuman III a ...

. He ruled from 951 to 971 CE. He continued the struggle with the

Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty The Gurjara-Pratihara was a dynasty that ruled much of Northern India from the mid-8th to the 11th century. They ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj. The Gurjara-Pratiharas were instrumental in containing Arab armies moving east of the ...

and is known to have slain the Gurjara King Devapal in 954. He was able to consolidate power after the weakening of the Gurjara-Pratihara. This hostility with the Pratiharas and the devastation of the empire eventually caused the empire to break into smaller dynasties like Paramaras of Malwa and Chauhans of Ajmer and Chaulukyas of Gujarat. He made matrimonial alliances with the

Huns The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...

by marrying a Huna princess Hariyadevi. According to R. Somāni, his reign was fairly prosperous and glorious. After defeating the Gurjara king, Allata shifted his capital to the town of Ahar which he converted into a commercial center and also constructed a lot of temples.

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