What is Mandalika?
'''Mandalika III''' was the [[Abhira]] ([[Ahir]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oAVAAAAMAAJ&q=abhira+king+mandalika|title=Somanatha, the Shrine Eternal|last=Munshi|first=Kanaiyalal Maneklal|date=1976|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Q4dAAAAMAAJ&q=+abhira|title=The Growth of the Paramara Power in Malwa|last=Seth|first=Krishna Narain|date=1978|publisher=Progress Publishers|language=en}} </ref> ruler of [[Junagadh|Junagarh]] (1432-1470) and was the son of Khangara III<ref>{{Citation|title=Mandalika|date=2021-11-12|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mandalika&oldid=1054808232|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref>Ra Mandalika I ascended the throne in 1260A.D when the muslims were begenning to establish their rule in [[Gujarat]].<ref>Śaivite temples and sculptures at Somanātha</ref> Ra Mundalika died in 1400 A.D; Ra Melaka (1400-1415 A.D) succeeded him who drove the muslims garrison out but afterwords he himself was driven out.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_HVAAAAMAAJ&q=mandalika|title=Śaivite Temples and Sculptures at Somanātha|last=Pandey|first=Shiv Narayan|date=1987|publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan|language=en}}</ref>Ra Mundalika also fought with Mahmud Ghaznavi.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP0HAQAAIAAJ&q=mandalika|title=Târikh-i-Soraṭh: A History of the Provinces of Soraṭh and Hâlâr in Kâṭhiâwâd|last=Junâgaḍh.)|first=Ranchoḍji Amarji (Divân of|date=1882|publisher=Educ. Soc. Press & Thacker & Company|language=en}}</ref>[[Somnath]] [[temple]] was attacked by [[Muslim]] General Alaf Khan but was fought by Mundalika.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPNEAAAAIAAJ&q=+mandalika|title=Junagadh|last=Rajan|first=K. V. Soundara|date=1985|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|language=en}}</ref>Later on Sultan Mahmud Begada forced Ra Mandalika III embrace Islam or face death<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=-0pAAAAAMAA