The Rajput population and the former Rajput states are found in northern, western, central and eastern India, as well as southern and eastern Pakistan. These areas include Rajasthan , Delhi , Haryana , Gujarat , Eastern Punjab , Western Punjab , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu , Uttarakhand , Bihar , Madhya Pradesh ...

2024年12月20日 · Rajput, any of about 12 million landowners organized in patrilineal clans and located mainly in central and northern India. They are especially numerous in the historic region of Rajputana (’Land of the Rajputs’) that also included portions of present-day eastern Pakistan.

A Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, “son of a king”) is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and some parts of Pakistan. They claim to be descendants of ruling Hindu warrior classes of North India.

2025年1月26日 · The four major Rajput dynasties—Pratihara, Paramara, Cauhan, and Caulukya—claimed Agnikula lineage. The references in Rajput genealogies to supernatural ancestry suggest either an obscure origin—perhaps from semi-Hinduized local tribes who gradually acquired political and economic status—or else a …

2024年5月26日 · The Rajput Kingdom existed from the 7th century until the 12th century, when it was conquered by Turko-Muslim forces. During the middle Ages, it flourished in central and northern India. In India’s history, the Rajput Dynasty played a crucial role.

Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.

However, the term "Rajput" has been used as an anachronistic designation for Hindu dynasties before the 16th century because the Rajput identity for a lineage did not exist before this time, and these lineages were classified as aristocratic Rajput clans in the later times. Thus, the term "Rajput" does not occur in Muslim sources before the ...

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Thus, the Rajput caste category was diverse and widespread all over India. The Dynasty of the Rajputs. The Rajput dynasty is a hugely popular one. In the medieval and later colonial and feudal periods, several portions of the subcontinent of India were ruled in the form of princely states by different Rajput dynasties.

2024年12月23日 · Rajput society was feudal. Each kingdom was divided into jagirs, held by jagirdars. Rajputs were known for their warrior ethos and adherence to Hinduism, alongside patronage of Buddhism and Jainism.