WikiRajput

The Encyclopedia of Rajput History, Heritage & Culture

Rajput history, heritage and culture, told from the sources.

An open encyclopedia of dynasties, people, forts and palaces, events and living traditions. Every claim is referenced and labelled by the kind of evidence behind it.

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A palace tower inside Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan
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Built from inscriptions, chronicles, archives and published scholarship.

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Every claim links to its source, and tradition is labelled apart from documented fact.

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An editor checks each entry before it is published, and corrections are logged openly.

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Contribute your researchShare findings on a dynasty, person, place or event, with the sources behind them. A reviewer checks every claim before anything is published.Share researchRecord a family or oral traditionPreserve what your elders, bahi-keepers or family records say about your clan and thikana. Traditions are labelled as traditions, never as documented fact.Record a traditionReport a heritage siteTell us about a fort, palace, haveli, chhatri, stepwell or inscription, its condition and what is known of its history.Report a site

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Twelve sections, each linked to the others: a ruler leads to their dynasty, forts, battles and era.

Origins & LegendsLineage traditions and what the evidence saysDynasties & ClansRuling houses, branches and capitalsKings, Queens & PeopleRulers, warriors, poets and buildersForts & PalacesArchitecture, built history, conservationBattles & EventsBackground, event and aftermathTimelineEight eras, from legend to the presentRoyal CuisineCourt kitchens and food traditionsTrade & EconomyLand, trade, crafts and occupationsCulture & TraditionsFestivals, dress, music, the bardic artsCommunities TodayFamilies, institutions and identity nowHeritage PreservationConservation and the people doing itSources & ArchivesInscriptions, chronicles and scholarship

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History through the ages

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  1. Mythology & Ancient TraditionsEpic and PuranicSolar, lunar and fire-born lineage traditions
  2. Early Historical Periodc. 6th–8th centuryThe first clans in inscriptions
  3. Medieval Rajput Kingdomsc. 8th–16th centuryKingdoms, forts and temple building
  4. Princely Statesc. 16th–19th centuryMughal-era alliances and states
  5. Colonial Period1818–1947Treaties with the British and Rajputana
  6. Independent India1947 onwardIntegration of the states into Rajasthan
  7. Present-Day CommunitiesTodayIdentity, institutions and memory
  8. Future HeritageTomorrowConservation and digital archives

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Dynasties

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People

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Living traditions

Kitchens, crafts and customs

Royal CuisineRoyal CuisineCourt kitchens and food traditionsCulture & TraditionsCulture & TraditionsTrade & EconomyTrade & Economy
TodayRajput communities todayWhere Rajput families live and work now, how clan identity is kept, and the institutions that carry it forward.Explore communities
TomorrowHeritage preservationConservation of forts, stepwells and manuscripts, the people doing it, and how to support their work.Explore preservation

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History through evidence

We separate what the records show from what tradition remembers, and we show you which is which.

Documented Tradition Legend Interpretation Contested
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  1. 1Primary sourcesInscriptions, copper-plate grants, court records and state archives.
  2. 2Chronicles and traditionsKhyats, vats and genealogies, read as tradition and labelled so.
  3. 3ScholarshipPublished historians, with disagreements shown side by side.
  4. 4Editorial reviewA named reviewer signs off each entry; corrections are dated.

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