Harpal Dev Makwana

Harpaldev Makwana He was the only surviving Makwana rajput prince of Kertigarh (present day Sindh) and mentioned among multiple Jain legends.
Biography
Harpaldev was born to Kesardev, the king of Kertigarh and his Chaulukya queen. In 1082CE, Soomras of Umerkot invaded karentigadh, all the makwanas including Kesardev and his 9 sons were killed. Harpaldev survives and takes shelter under the chalukyan king Karna who was his maternal uncle.
In October 1093 Harpal dev married Shakti-De who was the either thr daughter of Karna Solanki or the niece of Karna and daughter of Pratap Solanki. Shakti-de is believed to be the incarnation of Goddess Shakti and Harpaldev was the añsh-avtáar of Lord Shiva.
Harpaldev defeated a tribal chieftain Babaro and married the niece of Karnadev solanki.<ref name=":0" />
In March 1108, Harpaldev recaptured his ancestral capital Karentigadh from the soomras and captured the Soomra ruler Unnd Amir.<ref name"auto2"/><ref name":1" />

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