Question

Explain the origin Theory of Rajputs.

Answer 1

The word ‘Rajput’ is derived from the Sanskrit word Rajputra, which means scion of the royal blood’. Their three Principal houses of Rajputs are the Suryavanshi or the Race of the Sun, the Chandravanshi or the Race of the Moon, and the Agnikula or the Race of the Fire God. Thirty – six royal Rajput clans were listed by James Tod in 1829. Among the four claimed important status were the Pratiharas, the Chauhans, the Chalukyas, the Solankis, and the Paramaras.