The Chudasama are a Rajput [1] clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. They are offshoot of Samma (tribe) of Sind. [2] [3]
The Anthropological Survey of India, notes the Chudasama are an offshoot of the Samma (tribe), probably of yadav [4] origin who entered India during the seventh or eighth century and are found in Kachchh, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts. [5] Some scholars, however, regard the Chudasamas as Abhiras. [6] [7]
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