Rao Sheoji
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Rao Seoji was a Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 belonging to the Rathore
Rathore
The Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...

 clan. His father was Setram Rathore
Rathore
The Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...

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History

Rao Sheoji fought many battles against his own relatives and was responsible for killing many of them. This prompted him to undertake a pilgrimage to Dwarka
Dwarka
Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...

. On the way to Dwarka
Dwarka
Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...

, he received customary hospitality from families belonging to the Chavda and Solanki
Solanki
The Solanki was a royal Hindu Indian dynasty that ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th to 13th centuries. A number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign them Gurjar origin....

 clans of Rajputs. During his return journey, he married the daughter if a Chavda nobleman. She gave birth to three sons: Rao Asthan
Rao Asthan
Rao Asthan was a rajput of Rathore clan. His father was Rao Sheoji and his mother was a Chavdi rajputani.-History:He conquered Khed from Guhilotes and consequently his descendants bore the patrynomic Khedecha rathores. In 1291 A.D. Jalaludin Khilji alais FerozeShah II attacked Pali. Rao Asthan...

, Rao Sonag
Rao Sonag
Rao Sonag was a rajput belonging to the Rathore clan. His father was Rao Sheoji and his mother hailed from the Chavda clan of rajputs.Sonag was a brother of Rao Asthan, ruler of Kheda. The two brothers together conquered the town of Idar and Sonag settled there...

 and Rao Ajay
Rao Ajay
Rao Ajay was a rajput of Rathore clan. His father was Rao Sheoji and his mother was a Chavdi rajputani.-History:Ajay rao defeated the ruler of Okhamandal , Bhojraj Chavda...

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Later, Sheoji undertook a pilgrimage to Pushkar
Pushkar
Pushkar is a town in the Ajmer district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated at 14 km North West from Ajmer at an average elevation of 510 metres , and is one of the five sacred dhams...

. The Brahman
Brahman
In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...

s of Bhinmal
Bhinmal
Bhinmal is a town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It is 72 km south of Jalore town. The name Bhinmal is derived from the word Shrimal.Bhinmal was old capital of the kingdom of the Gurjars during medieval period....

 near Pushkar requested his assistance against the depredations of the Muslim ruler of Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

. Sheoji defeated an army of the ruler of Multan and signed a treaty stipulating that the town of Bhinmal and adjoining areas would not be plundered by them in future. Sheoji himself returned to Badayun/Kannauj
Kannauj
Kannauj , also spelt Kanauj, is a city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city's name is traditionally derived from the term Kanyakubja . Kannauj is an ancient city, in earlier times the capital...

 but his sons remained behind at Pali
Páli
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Sheoji's death is confirmed by a stone inscription in the village of Vithu near the town of Pali
Páli
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in Rajasthan, according to which he died on Monday, 9 October 1273.
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