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List of notable Rajputs during the pre-British era, ordered chronologically by reign. Bappa Rawal, one of the first major rulers of the Kingdom of Mewar, credited for rebelling the Arab invasion of India. [5] Anangpal Tomar, ruler of the Tomar dynasty of Delhi [6] Mularaja, founder of the Chaulukya dynasty [7] [page needed]
The Rajputs of Rajasthan eventually refused to acknowledge the Rajput identity claimed by their eastern counterparts, [186] such as the Bundelas. [187] The Rajputs claim to be Kshatriyas or descendants of Kshatriyas, but their actual status varies greatly, ranging from princely lineages to common cultivators. [188]
The Sisodia clan of Mewar, also called the "House of Mewar", is a Rajput clan founded in 1325-1326 that ruled the Kingdom of Mewar, later called the Udaipur State under the British Raj. [1]
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
The Rajputs rose to political prominence after the large empires of ancient India broke into smaller ones. The Rajputs became prominent in the early medieval period in about seventh century and dominated in regions now known as Rajasthan , Delhi , Haryana , Western Gangetic plains and Bundelkhand .
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This is a list of Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh. A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolic, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a ...
Rajput soldiers of the British Indian Army. Left to right: 13th Rajputs, man and havildar from the 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs, Subadar and servant from the 16th Rajputs, 8th Rajputs, 11th Rajputs, 2nd Queen's Own Rajput Light Infantry. Water colour by AC Lovett (1911)