Tomaras of Gwalior

Tomaras of Gwalior
c.1390–c.1515
South Asia 1400 CE DELHI SULTANATE (TUGHLAQS) TIMURID EMPIRE SHAH MIR SULTANATE PHAGMODRUPAS SAMMAS MARYUL GUGE KUMAON KANGRA KALMAT GUJARAT GOVERNORATE BAHMANI SULTANATE KHANDESH SULTANATE TOMARAS TWIPRA EASTERN GANGAS KAMATAS SUGAUNAS MALLA NAGVANSIS AHOM CHUTIA BENGAL SULTANATE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE REDDI MALWA SULTANATE JAISALMER MEWAR MARWAR KARAULI AMBER SIROHI AMARKOT VAGAD MEWAT JAUNPUR SULTANATE GONDWANA ◁ ▷ The Tomaras of Gwalior circa 1400, with neighbouring polities.[1]
History
• Established	c.1390
• Disestablished	c.1515
Preceded by Succeeded by Tughlaq dynasty Lodi dynasty
Today part of	India

The Tomaras of Gwalior (also called Tomar in modern vernaculars because of schwa deletion) were a dynasty who ruled the Gwalior Fort and its surrounding region in central India during 14th–16th centuries. They are known for their patronage to the cultural activities in Gwalior.

The Tomaras originally held a small fief as feudatories of the Tughluq dynasty of Delhi Sultanate. In the 1390s, they gained control of Gwalior, and became independent in the subsequent years. They fought several battles with the Delhi rulers to maintain their independence, and paid tribute to Bahlul Lodi to avoid war. They were displaced from Gwalior by Ibrahim Lodi in the first quarter of the 16th century, although their descendants continued to hold fiefs at other places.