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'''Ashaval''' or '''Ashapalli''' or '''Yashoval'''.<ref name="CensusofIndia61">{{cite book |last1=R. K. Trivedi |title=Census of India 1961: Volume V - Special Report On Ahmedabad City |publisher=Government of India |page=19 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3677/1/50975_1961_SP.pdf |access-date=28 December 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228112629/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3677/1/50975_1961_SP.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ashaval.com/history-behind-names-of-ahmedabad-1110169/|title=The History behind the names of Ahmedabad City.|last=Rai|first=Neha|date=2018-11-28|website=Ashaval.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928161704/https://ashaval.com/history-behind-names-of-ahmedabad-1110169/|url-status=live}}</ref> Archaeological evidence suggests that the area around [[Ahmedabad]] in [[Gujarat]], [[India]] has been inhabited since the 11th century, when it was known as '''Yashoval'''<ref name="CensusofIndia61"/> or '''Ashapalli''' or '''Ashaval'''. The city of Ashaval was located on the east of [[Sabarmati River|River Sabarmati]]. Ashaval's existence is traced from 9th - 10th century until the 13th century.<br />
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The settlement near the bank of Sabarmati River, today the city of Ahmedabad, was earlier known as Ashaval or Ashapalli. In the tenth century, Ashaval was one of the chief places in Gujarat, as described by Al-Biruni.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}<br />
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==Area ==<br />
The estimated area of Ashawal was from [[Calico Mills]] via Jamalpur Darwaja up to Astodia Darwaja. The hillock near Astodia Darwaja (the present Dhal-ni-pol area) was known as 'Asha Bhil-no-Tekro.'<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.welcometoahmedabad.com/5/historical-glimpses.html | title=Historical Glimpses - A Complete Ahmedabad City Guide by Dr. Manek Patel | access-date=13 September 2013 | archive-date=31 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231133608/http://www.welcometoahmedabad.com/5/historical-glimpses.html | url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Rulers ==<br />
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Ashaval was initially ruled by a [[Bhils|Bhil]] Maharaja Aasha Bhil, who was defeated by the [[Chaulukya]](Solanki) king [[Karna (Chaulukya dynasty)|Karna]] (r. c. 1064–1092 CE). The 14th century chronicler [[Merutunga]] states that Karna established the city of Karnavati after this victory, which is identified with modern [[Ahmedabad]] by some scholars.<ref>{{cite book |author=Tommaso Bobbio |title=Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India: Ahmedabad 1900-2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5vwCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 |year=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-51400-8 |page=164 }}</ref><br />
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