Idar

Idar is traditionally known as Ildurg, named after Ilvala who along with his brother Vatapi stayed there in Dvapara Yuga. In the early days of Kali Yuga, it was ruled by Veni Vachharaj who owned a magic gold idol which gave him gold. His queen was a daughter of one of the Naga Kings. They were living happily but when the queen saw the funeral procession of a dead person, she asked her husband to take her to a place where there is no death. Both went into a cleft in a rock on the hill of Taran Mata and disappeared. The area turned desolate after that.

In 770, when Vallabhi fell, a queen of Siladitya, Pushpavati was at Arasur. When returning back, she learnt of the sack of Vallabhi and the death of her husband. She took refuge in a cave where she, already pregnant, gave birth to a boy. Because he was born in a cave(Guha), he came to be known as Guhaditya and his descendants, Guhilots. She assigned the boy to a Brahmin woman and committed Sati. The boy grew up and spent his time among the Bhils who elected him as their chief ruling the area around Idar. A few generations later, during the reign of Nagaditya, the Bhils rebelled and killed the king. His son Bappa was later to become the founder of Mewar.

A few decades later, a band of Parihar Rajputs from Mandore in Marwar founded Idar again. Idar stayed as a vassal as Chittor and it's ruler Amar Singh died at Tarain in 1192. Idar was then held for the ruling line by a servant Hathi Sord and later his son Samalio Sord.