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Rajput (from Sanskrit rājaputra meaning "son of a king"), also called Thakur, [5] is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.
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'.
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 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 .
Muslim Rajputs also often retained common social practices, such as purdah (seclusion of women), with Hindu Rajputs. [5] Despite the difference in religious faith, where the question has arisen of common Rajput honour, there have been instances where both Muslim and Hindu Rajputs have united together against threats from external ethnic groups.
[17] [18] (not to be confused with Sagar Rajputs of Bundelkhand which was a subclan of Bundela Rajputs and are considered to be the highest among all central India Rajputs). [ 19 ] The terminology "Rajput" as of now doesn't represent a hereditary status but it is a term commonly applied to all those people who fought on the horseback and were ...
George Thomas (Military Memories) was the first in 1800, to term this region the Rajputana Agency. [5] The historian John Keay in his book, India: A History, stated that the Rajputana name was coined by the British, but that the word achieved a retrospective authenticity: in an 1829 translation of Ferishta's history of early Islamic India, John Briggs discarded the phrase "Indian princes", as ...
Today, only Madheshi/Terai Rajputs still list themselves as Rajputs in Nepal's census where as Newar and Khas Kshatriyas are counted separately. As per the 2011 Nepal census, the population of Madhesi/Terai Rajputs is reported at 41,972. The caste with the largest ratio of representation in the civil service in Nepal is, the Rajput, who have a ...