THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD they afterwards migrated to Sind, entering Satirashtra later on. Subsequently a Wala Rajput named Werawal is supposed to have married a beautiful Kathi woman named Rupde, and for marrying out of his class the Rajput was outcasted, and perforce became a Kathi, His descendants became known as "Sakhayat" Kathis, that is, Kathis with substance, while other Kathis became known as "Awaratyas." Werawal had three sons, Wala, Khuman, and Khachar, who gave their names to the three great Sakhayat divi- sions of their tribe now existing, and who occupied the part of Saurashtra formerly known as Kathiawad until the Marathas called the whole province by that name. The Kathis were a brave and warlike race, and acquired great reputation from their plundering forays. Their women are said to have been very beautiful, and the breed of Kathi horses became as well known as the peoples who fostered it. They were formerly sun wor- shippers. The Kathis are the possessors of a curious marriage custom, which decrees that a Sakhayat must marry an Awaratya, and vice versa. There can surely be no truer example of the democratic ideal than this. While the Kathis and Jhalas were becoming estab- lished in Saurashtra, the Chudasama Ras of Wanthali were still the most important rulers in the province. Ra Noghan II, before he died in A.D. 1098 removed his capital from Wanthali to Junagadh, and from that time the latter place began to assume reputation as being the most important fort in the whole province, in course of time surpassing even Prabhas Patan. On succeeding his father, Ra Khengar II marched against Anhilwad, in the absence of Siddha Raj in Malwa, and broke down one of the gates of the city. The wooden portions of this gate he took back with him to Junagadh as a trophy and erected them in the Kalwa Gateway. He 68