Râjput

The Râjputs or Râjpoutes - wire of prince, of Râja , prince and will putra , wire - train the majority of the inhabitants of the the Rajasthan, formerly the Râjputâna , and part of that of the Goujerat.

History

The major part of Râjputs belongs to the caste of the Kshatriya S.
Leurs kingdoms being close to the Master key of Khyber, the traditional way of entry in the Indian Sub-continent, they were confronted with the majority of the invasions that he knew, in particular those of the Arab S and of the Moghol S. Râjputs, themselves, are probably partly descendants of invaders, in particular of Huns hephtalites or Shvetahûna, perhaps of Kouchan S and Scythe S, later comparable by the Brahmane S with of Kshatriyas in thanks for their fight against the Islam. In spite of their valiancy without question, their various origins however prevented them from first of all making an effective union against the Moslem invasion, then against the claims mogholes. After the episode marathe, they however accepted rather easily the British domination during the Raj which stabilized the dynasties, ensuring a perenniality to them which they never had really known before.

Mythological origins

From the mythological point of view, the two oldest Râjputs clans are supposed to come from the Sun and the the Moon, often represented in their armorial bearings. The ancestor of the third line, that of Agnikula (of agni , fire), would have emerged from the sacrificial fire lit during a ceremony by Vasishtha close to the lake Nakhi to the mount Abu and created with an aim of fighting demons.

Each one of these clans will be at the origin of under-clans of which some had a historical importance:

  • chalk-lining Sûryavamsha (of Sûrya , sun, solar line): Kachhwâwâ Jaipur and Alwar, Guhilot connected in Shîsodiâ, Râthor (Jodhpur and Bikaner), Shîsodiâ (Udaipur), Vâghelâ.
  • chalk-lining Somavamsha or Chandravamsha (of Chandra , the moon, lunar line): Bhatti (Jaisalmer), Chûdâsama, Jât.
  • chalk-lining Agnikula : related Châlukya with the Solankî, Châuhan (Kota), Solankî.

The bards râjasthâni keep the memory, in their songs, of the important facts of weapons of the fight of the râjputs against the Moslems and Moghols, and of the collective suicides by fire - or Jauhâr - their women to escape unworthiness to fall between the hands from the enemy.

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