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Rajputana

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rajputana , historic region, NW India; roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The name means "land of the Rajputs." Rajput tribal power rose here between the 7th and 13th cent., and the princes resisted the early Muslim incursions, which began in the 11th cent. Rajput power reached its peak in the early 16th cent., but the area fell to the Mughals when Akbar captured the fort of Chitor in 1568. From their seat at Ajmer the Mughals ruled Rajputana until the early 18th cent. The Marathas held feudatories in the region from c.1750 to 1818, when it passed to Great... Read more
Rajputs
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Sanskrit,=son of a king], dominant people of Rajputana , an historic region now almost coextensive ... Chauhan, and Sisodiya. Their power in Rajputana grew in the 7th cent., but by 1616 all ... maintained independent states within Rajputana, but they were gradually deprived of ... Read more
Rajput
World Encyclopedia ... 7th century ad , gaining control of an historic region named Rajputana. They retained their independence despite the Muslim conquests ... and the British Empire. During the colonial period, much of Rajputana retained its independence under local princely rule. After ... Read more

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