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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 ...
Maharaja Kam Dev Misir, a Sikarwar Rajput and a ruler of the Pahargarh Estate. [19] Rao Shekha, King of Amarsar [20] Rai Bular Bhatti, a Muslim Rajput who donated 18,750 acres of land to Guru Nanak [21] Man Singh Tomar, King of Gwalior, who defended his kingdom for nearly two decades against relentless attacks from the Lodi dynasty [22]
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 ...
He founded the city of Ajmer and moved his capital there. 26 Arno-raja alias Ana: 1135–1150 His title as Maharajadhiraja-Parameshvara. 27 Jagad-deva: 1150 Some sources claimed that he ascended Chahamana throne after killing his father. 28 Vigraha-raja IV alias Visaladeva: 1150–1164 The Chahaman kingdom reached its zenith under him. 29 Apara ...
The Rajput ruled kingdoms repelled early invasions of Arab commanders after Muhammad ibn Qasim conquered Sindh and executed last Hindu king of the kingdom, Raja Dahir. Rajput family of Mewar under Bappa Rawal and later under Khoman fought off invasions by Arab generals and restricted them only until the border of Rajasthan but failed to ...
The Kingdom of Mewar was an independent Hindu kingdom that existed in the Rajputana region of the Indian subcontinent and later became a dominant state in medieval India. [8] The kingdom was initially founded and ruled by the Guhila dynasty followed by the Sisodiya Dynasty.
Zorawar Singh Gate of City wall of Jaipur Entrance eastern façade of the Junagarh Fort, Bikaner. The Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Amer, Chittor, Gagron, Jaisalmer, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambore), a group of six forts built by various Rajput kingdoms and principalities during the medieval period are among the best examples of Rajput Architecture.
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'.