List of Rajput dynasties and states

During the medieval and later feudal/colonial periods, many parts of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or princely states by various dynasties of Rajputs.

Early medieval dynasties

The term "Rajput" has been used as an anachronistic designation for several clan that confronted the Ghaznavid and Ghurid invaders during the 11th and 12th centuries. Although the Rajput identity did not exist at this time, these lineages were classified as aristocratic Rajput clans in the later times.^[1]^[2] The term "Rajput" has been used as an anachronistic designation for several clan that confronted the Ghaznavid and Ghurid invaders during the 11th and 12th centuries. Although the Rajput identity did not exist at this time, these lineages were classified as aristocratic Rajput clans in the later times.^[1]^[2]. But several historians like CV Vaidya^[3], GH Ojha^[4] and Yogendra Mishra^[5] are of view that Rajputs were synonymous to Kshatriyas and the Hindu Shahi rule in Afghanistan during 8-9th century was ruled by Bhati Clan of Rajputs as collaborated by contemporary evidences from Al Masudi's "Meadows of Gold"^[6]^[7]. Interestingly few centuries prior to Masudi, Hiuen Tsang visited Kabul and he wrote in his treaties that Kabul was ruled by Kshatriyas^[8]. So view of western historians seems unusual as compared to contemporary evidences.

Gurjara-Pratiharas of Kannauj
Chahamanas (of Shakambhari, Nadol, Ranastambhapura and Jalor)
Tomaras of Delhi
Chaulukyas (Solankis) and Vaghelas of Gujarat
Paramaras of Malwa and Chandravati
Gahadavalas of Varanasi and Kannauj
Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (modern Bundelkhand)
Katochs of Kangra
Somvanshis of Yayantipura Utkal (Orissa)^[9]
Guhilas of Medapata (modern Mewar)
Hindu Shahi Bhati Rajputs (Kandhar)
Kachchhapaghatas of Gopadri (modern Gwalior)

Rajput kingdoms and chieftaincies

Following is the list of those ruling Rajput dynasties of the Indian Subcontinent:

Amethia of Birsinghpur^[10]

Bais of Baiswara (Awadh)^[11]

Bhatis of Jaisalmer^[12]

Bundelas of Bundelkhand^[13]

Chauhan State of Kotah and Bundi princely states^[14]

Songara of Jalore^[15]

Gandhavariyas of North Bihar including Sonbarsa Raj.^[16]

Gaur of Gaurati, Gorwar, Panch Mahal Maroth, Sheopur, Sopra, Ranka^{[disambiguation needed]}, Gadi Arjunpura Riayasat, Rajgarh, Bengal and Birsinghpur.

Gohils of Gohilvaad.^{[citation needed]}

Jarrals of Rajauri

Jadejas of Kutch, Nawanagar, Gondal and Dhrol.^[17]
Jadaun of Karauli, Aligarh.

Jethwa of Porbandar State^[18]

Jhala of Kathiawar.^[19]

Kansaras of Gujarat: Ruled over Mahishamati Kingdom.^[20]

Katoch dynasty of Kangra: Ruled much of Himachal Pradesh and parts of Punjab.^[21]

Kinwars of Kharagpur Raj^[22]

Lohtamias of Rajnagar^[23]

Parhar, Parihara and Pratihara dynasties of Kannauj.^[24] Conquered Kannauj in 816 AD, which remained its capital for about a century, declined in the 10th century. Alipura State, Kumharsain, And Rajputana

Raksel's of Udaipur State, Chhattisgarh and Palamu^[25]

Rathores of Jodhpur and Bikaner^[26]

Shekhawats of Shekhawati^[27]

Sisodias of Mewar.^[28]

Ujjainiyas of Bhojpur, Bihar including Dumraon Raj and Jagdishpur estate.^[29]

References

^ ^a ^b Talbot 2015, p. 33-35.
^ ^a ^b Jackson 2003, p. 9.
^ Hiltebeitel, Alf (15 February 2009). Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-0-226-34055-5.
^ Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. Rupa & Company. pp. 140–148. ISBN 978-81-291-0890-6.
^ MISHRA, YOGENDRA (1972). THE HINDU SAHIS OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PUNJAB. S. M. SUSHILA DEVI.
^ Masudi (28 October 2013). Meadows Of Gold. Routledge. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-136-14522-3.
^ MISHRA, YOGENDRA (1972). THE HINDU SAHIS OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PUNJAB. S. M. SUSHILA DEVI. p. 23.
^ The History and culture of the Indian people. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1962. pp. 630–638.
^ Donaldson, Thomas E. (2001). Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa: Text. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-406-6.
^ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other, Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. Forgotten Books. ISBN 9788187879541.
^ John F. Richards (1995). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-521-56603-2.
^ Trudy Ring; Noelle Watson; Paul Schellinger (12 November 2012). Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-136-63979-1.
^ Amir Ahmad (2005–2006). "The Bundela Revolts During The Mughal Period: A Dynastic Affair". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 66: 438–445. JSTOR 44145860.
^ Norbert Peabody (2003). Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-521-46548-9.
^ B. S. Ahloowalia (2009). Invasion of the Genes Genetic Heritage of India. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-60860-691-7.
^ P. Pathak (1983). "Origin of the Gandhavaria Rajputs of Mithila". The Journal of the Bihar Puravid Parisad. Vii And Viii: 406–420.
^ Mcleod, John (6–9 July 2004). The Rise and Fall of the Kutch Bhayati (PDF). Eighteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Lund. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ P.S. Nagar (1 September 2005). Floristic Biodiversity of Barda Hills and its Surroundings. Scientific Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 978-93-87741-15-7.
^ McLeod, John (1999). Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947. BRILL. ISBN 9789004113435.
^ Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, ed. (2012). Sahastraarjun. p. 98. ISBN 9785511868882.
^ dynasty of Himchal
^ Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Taylor & Francis. pp. 355–. ISBN 978-1-00-065152-2.
^ Jeffrey Witsoe (5 November 2013). Democracy against Development: Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India. University of Chicago Press. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-0-226-06350-8.
^ The History of India by Kenneth Pletcher
^ B Virottam (1984). "Aspects of Economic Transformation of the Medieval Chotanagpur Tribes". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 45: 384–390. JSTOR 44140219.
^ Sunita Zaidi (2003). "Notes on Demography of the Ruling Rajput Families of Rajasthan (16th - 18th century)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 64: 591–595. JSTOR 44145493.
^ Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan
^ Joanna Williams, Kaz Tsuruta, ed. (2007). Kingdom of the sun. Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9780939117390.
^ Kolff, Dirk H. A. (8 August 2002). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market in Hindustan 1450-1850. p. 181. ISBN 9780521523059. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

Notes

Talbot, Cynthia (2015). The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Cauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107118560.
Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.

[FOOTNOTETalbot201533-35-1] Talbot 2015, p. 33-35.

[FOOTNOTEJackson20039-2] Jackson 2003, p. 9.

[3] Hiltebeitel, Alf (15 February 2009). Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-0-226-34055-5.

[4] Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. Rupa & Company. pp. 140–148. ISBN 978-81-291-0890-6.

[5] MISHRA, YOGENDRA (1972). THE HINDU SAHIS OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PUNJAB. S. M. SUSHILA DEVI.

[6] Masudi (28 October 2013). Meadows Of Gold. Routledge. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-136-14522-3.

[7] MISHRA, YOGENDRA (1972). THE HINDU SAHIS OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PUNJAB. S. M. SUSHILA DEVI. p. 23.

[8] The History and culture of the Indian people. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1962. pp. 630–638.

[9] Donaldson, Thomas E. (2001). Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa: Text. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-406-6.

[10] Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other, Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. Forgotten Books. ISBN 9788187879541.

[Richards1995-11] John F. Richards (1995). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-521-56603-2.

[RingWatson2012-12] Trudy Ring; Noelle Watson; Paul Schellinger (12 November 2012). Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-136-63979-1.

[13] Amir Ahmad (2005–2006). "The Bundela Revolts During The Mughal Period: A Dynastic Affair". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 66: 438–445. JSTOR 44145860.

[Peabody2003-14] Norbert Peabody (2003). Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-521-46548-9.

[Ahloowalia2009-15] B. S. Ahloowalia (2009). Invasion of the Genes Genetic Heritage of India. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-60860-691-7.

[16] P. Pathak (1983). "Origin of the Gandhavaria Rajputs of Mithila". The Journal of the Bihar Puravid Parisad. Vii And Viii: 406–420.

[Mcleodp5-17] Mcleod, John (6–9 July 2004). The Rise and Fall of the Kutch Bhayati (PDF). Eighteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Lund. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[Nagar2005-18] P.S. Nagar (1 September 2005). Floristic Biodiversity of Barda Hills and its Surroundings. Scientific Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 978-93-87741-15-7.

[19] McLeod, John (1999). Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947. BRILL. ISBN 9789004113435.

[20] Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, ed. (2012). Sahastraarjun. p. 98. ISBN 9785511868882.

[21] ynasty of Himchal

[Ansari20192-22] Tahir Hussain Ansari (20 June 2019). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Taylor & Francis. pp. 355–. ISBN 978-1-00-065152-2.

[Witsoe2013-23] Jeffrey Witsoe (5 November 2013). Democracy against Development: Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India. University of Chicago Press. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-0-226-06350-8.

[book-24] The History of India by Kenneth Pletcher

[25] B Virottam (1984). "Aspects of Economic Transformation of the Medieval Chotanagpur Tribes". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 45: 384–390. JSTOR 44140219.

[26] Sunita Zaidi (2003). "Notes on Demography of the Ruling Rajput Families of Rajasthan (16th - 18th century)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 64: 591–595. JSTOR 44145493.

[27] Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan

[28] Joanna Williams, Kaz Tsuruta, ed. (2007). Kingdom of the sun. Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9780939117390.

[29] Kolff, Dirk H. A. (8 August 2002). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market in Hindustan 1450-1850. p. 181. ISBN 9780521523059. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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v t e Clans of the Rajput people
Suryavanshi	Bais Rajputs Gautam Rathore Mair Rajput Bersal Bargujar Kachwaha Gaur Sisodia Guhila Pundir Gohil
Chandravanshi	Banaphar Bhati Benvanshi Chudasama Chandel Jadaun Jadeja Katoch Sengar Tomar
Agnivanshi	Chauhan Parmar Solanki Parihar
Subclans	Gandhavariya Hada Chauhan Naruka Shekhawat Taoni Shaktawat Chundawat Dogra
Subdivision Clans	Bundela Harihobans Jaitawat Jasrotia Karadiya Rajput Kinwar Lohtamia Mian Minhas Nanwag Panwar (Pawar) Sagar Rajputs Langah Langrial Jhala Janjua Domaal Samma Sodha Bhadauria Khokhar

Early medieval dynasties

Rajput kingdoms and chieftaincies

See also

References

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