The main settlements to the west of the Aravalli Hills came to be known as Rajputana, early in the Medieval Period. [3] The name was later adopted by East India Company as the Rajputana Agency for its dependencies in the region of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān. [4]

Rajputana, former group of princely states chiefly constituting what is now Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The name means “land of the Rajputs.”

Minhas Rajputs are Suryavanshis and claim descent from Rama a legendary king of Ayodhya. In Rajputana, their closest cousins are the Kachwaha and Bargujar Rajputs of Jaipur. They trace their ancestry to the Ikshvaku dynasty of Northern India (The same clan in …

The Rajputana Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire dealing with a collection of native states in Rajputana (now in Rajasthan, northwestern India), under the political charge of an Agent reporting directly to the Governor-General of India and residing at …

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.

In medieval Rajasthan (the historical Rajputana) and its neighbouring areas, the word Rajput came to be restricted to certain specific clans, based on patrilineal descent and intermarriages. On the other hand, the Rajput communities living in the region to the east of Rajasthan had a fluid and inclusive nature.

The Rajput race is the noblest and proudest in India, they are of highest antiquity and purest descent, they have a military autocracy of a feudal type, and “brave and chivalrous, keenly sensitive to an affront, and especially jealous of the honour of their women”.

A region dotted with magnificent forts and palaces amid a desert realm, with a rich and colourful history, painting styles, ballads and folklore, Rajputana is now mostly in the state called...

2016年1月9日 · Rajputana website, read articles about Rajputana's glorious history, culture and Rajput valour. Also know about Rajasthan's Forts, Palaces & Tourist attractions.

4 天之前 · India - Rajputs, Kingdoms, Warriors: In Rajasthan and central India there arose a number of small kingdoms ruled by dynasties that came to be called the Rajputs (from Sanskrit raja-putra, “son of a king”). The name was assumed by royal families that claimed Kshatriya status and linked their lineage either with the Suryavamshi (solar) or the Candravamshi (lunar), the royal lineages of the ...