The last Hindu dynasty to rule Gujarat, rising as generals serving the weakening Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty before Visaladeva usurped the throne around 1244; ruled from Dholka.
Ended in 1304 when the last Vaghela ruler, Karna, was defeated by Nusrat Khan, a general of the Delhi Sultanate under Alauddin Khalji, bringing Gujarat under Delhi Sultanate rule.
Standard scholarly history of Gujarat covering the Vaghela succession to the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty and the region's absorption into the Delhi Sultanate.