Solanki (clan)
Solanki is a clan name originally associated with the Rajputs[1] in Northern India but which has also been borrowed by other communities such as the Saharias as a means of advancement by the process of sanskritisation.[2][3] Other groups that use the name include the Bhils of Rajasthan, Koḷis, Ghān̄cīs, Kumbhārs, Bāroṭs, Kaḍiyās, Darjīs, Mocīs, Ḍheḍhs, and Bhangīs.[4][5][6]
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Citations
- ^ David Ludden (2013). India and South Asia: A Short History. Simon and Schuster. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-78074-108-6.
By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Pawars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...
- ^ Mann & Mann (1989), pp. 54, 81
- ^ Mishra & Kapoor (2005), pp. 131–132
- ^ Roy, Shibani (1983). Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar. New Delhi, India: Cosmo Publications. p. 98.
- ^ Majhi (2010), p. 49
- ^ "સોલંકી" [Solaṅkī]. Bhagavadgomandal.
Bibliography
- Majhi, Anita Srivastava (2010), Tribal Culture, Continuity, and Change: A Study of Bhils in Rajasthan, Mittal Publications, ISBN 9788183242981
- Malik, Aditya (2005), Nectar Gaze and Poison Breath : An Analysis and Translation of the Rajasthani Oral Narrative of Devnarayan, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198034209
- Mann, Rann Singh; Mann, K. (1989), Tribal Cultures and Change, Mittal Publications
- Mishra, Pramod; Kapoor, A. K. (2005), "Ecology and Economy of a Primitive Tribe in a Semi-Arid Zone", in Chaudhuri, Sarit Kumar; Chaudhuri, Sucheta Sen (eds.), Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India: Concept, Ethnography and Demography, vol. 1, Mittal Publications, ISBN 9788183240260