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{{Short description|A region in southeastern Rajasthan state, India}}
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[[File:Dev Somnath Temple, Dungarpur.jpg|250px|Temple [[Dev Somnath]]]]</div>
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| '''Location'''
| southern [[Rajasthan]]
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| '''19th-century [[flag]]'''
| [[File:Flag of Dungarp.svg|50px]] 
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| '''State established:'''
| 11th Century 
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| '''[[Language]]'''
| [[Vagdi]] (dialect), [[Hindi]]
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| '''[[Dynasty|Dynasties]]'''
| [[Parmar (clan)|Parmar Rajput]], [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhans of Jalore]], [[Gahlot|Gohil Of Mewar]], Parmar Damor Lineage.
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| '''Historical [[Capital (political)|capitals]]'''
| [[Dungarpur]], [[Sagwara]]
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| '''Separated states'''
| [[Banswara]], [[Kushalgarh]]
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'''Vagad''' (also known as '''Vagar''') is a [[List of regions in India|region]] in southeastern [[Rajasthan]] state of western [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Tribal Agrarian Movement: A Case Study of the Bhil Movement of Rajasthan|last=Jain|first=Prakash Chandra|publisher=Himanshu Publications|year=1989|isbn=81-85167-17-6|location=Udaipur|pages=65}}</ref> Its boundaries are roughly defined by those of the districts of [[Dungarpur district|Dungarpur]] and [[Banswara district|Banswara]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics development and modernization among the Bhils of Rajasthan|last=Gordhan|first=Ram|publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University|year=2015|location=New Delhi|pages=5|hdl = 10603/34825}}</ref> Major cities of the region are [[Dungarpur]] and [[Banswara]].

==Geography==
Vagad is bounded on the north by [[Mewar]] region of Rajasthan, on the southeast and eastby [[Malwa]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]], and on the west and southwest by [[Gujarat]] state. The region mostly lies in the upper watershed of the [[Mahi River]] and its tributaries, which is said to be the lifeline of Vagad. The Mahi flows north through the district (Banswara) from its origin in the [[Vindhya Range]] of Madhya Pradesh, entering the district (Banswara) from the southeast and flowing north towards the northern end of the district, where it turns southwest to form the boundary between Banswara and Dungarpur districts before entering Gujarat and emptying into the [[Gulf of Cambay]].

Vagad has rich [[flora (plants)|flora]] and [[fauna (animals)|fauna]]. The [[forest]]s include mainly [[teak]]. The [[wildlife]] includes a large variety of wild animals such as the [[leopard]] and the [[chinkara]]. Common [[birds]] in the region include [[fowl]], [[partridge]], [[black drongo]], [[grey shrike]], green [[bee-eater]], [[bulbul]] and [[parrot]]. Some of the towns in this region are Aspur, Bhiluda, Simalwada, Sagwara, Partapur, Bagidra and Garhi.

==History==
[[File:Vagad Regon(RAJ.) Suresh Godara.jpg|thumb|Vagad region consists of Dungarpur and Banswara districts.]]
It was an [[Adivasi]] [[Bhil]] stronghold until the [[Rajput]] [[Parmar (clan)|Parmar]] [[invasion]] during the 11th century with their political center at [[Arthuna]] (in present-day [[Banswara district]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=State Formation in Rajasthan: Mewar during the Seventh-Fifteenth Centuries|last=Kapur|first=Nandini Sinha|publisher=Manohar|year=2002|isbn=81-7304-429-5|location=New Delhi|pages=60}}</ref> Vagad as a different region separated from [[Mewar]],{{clarify|date=March 2015}}<!--When?--> and a branch of [[Guhilot]] [[Rajput]] ruled here {{clarify|date=March 2015}} 

All princely states were merged into Rajasthan prior to 1947.

According to the 2011 Census of India, this region has a population of 3,186,037 people.

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.ruralphotography.blogspot.com/ Rural Images of Vagad]

{{Historical regions of North India}}
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[[Category:Regions of Rajasthan]]


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