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	'''Dor ~~Rajput~~''' (also known as '''Doda''') are a [[Rajput clans\|Rajput clan]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) \|volume=1 \|first=Satish \|last=Chandra \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|year=2004 \|isbn=978-8-12411-064-5 \|page=27 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC&pg=PA27}}</ref>		{{Short description\|Clan of Rajputs in India}}
			'''Dor Rajputs''' (also known as '''Doda or Doad''') are a [[Rajput clans\|Rajput clan]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) \|volume=1 \|first=Satish \|last=Chandra \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|year=2004 \|isbn=978-8-12411-064-5 \|page=27 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC&pg=PA27}}</ref>

	In the late tenth century, the Dor Rajputs "seem to have extended their sway" over parts of Northern India, "ruling at first as feudatories of [[Tomara dynasty\|Tomara kings]] of [[Delhi]]", they "became more powerful and made [[Aligarh\|Koil]] as their stronghold".~~<ref>''Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Aligarh'' (1987), p. 23.</ref>~~ An 1876 account stated:		In the late tenth century, the Dor Rajputs "seem to have extended their sway" over parts of Northern India, "ruling at first as feudatories of [[Tomara dynasty\|Tomara kings]] of [[Delhi]]", they "became more powerful and made [[Aligarh\|Koil]] as their stronghold". An 1876 account stated:

	{{quote\|The Hindu Dor Rajputs have but four villages, all of which are situated in the Hápur tahsil, while their Musalmán brethren in the same tract have 16. The Dors originally held the country from Koil to [[Meerut]], and under their leader Hardatta attained to considerable power. It was Hardatta that built the fort of Meerut, founded [[Hápur]], and relieved Baran by paying the ransom demanded by [[Mahmúd Ghaznavi]]. About the time of [[Prithiraj]] the power of the Dors began to wane. They were pressed by the [[Meo (ethnic group)\|~~Mína~~ Meos]] on the one side, while the [[Gahlots]] expelled them from [[Dásna]] on the other.<ref>Edwin Thomas Atkinson, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=G9jaXsOc-tEC&pg=PA258 Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India]'', Vol. III (1876), p. 258-59.</ref>}}		{{quote\|The Hindu Dor Rajputs have but four villages, all of which are situated in the Hápur tahsil, while their Musalmán brethren in the same tract have 16. The Dors originally held the country from Koil to [[Meerut]], and under their leader Hardatta attained to considerable power. It was Hardatta that built the fort of Meerut, founded [[Hápur]], and relieved Baran by paying the ransom demanded by [[Mahmúd Ghaznavi]]. About the time of [[Prithiraj]] the power of the Dors began to wane. They were pressed by the [[Meo (ethnic group)\|Meos]] on the one side, while the [[Gahlots]] expelled them from [[Dásna]] on the other.}}

	An 1880 work noted that "Dor Rajputs have disappeared from [[Rajputána]] where they were once famous and included in the thirty-six royal races. ... They are still found in small numbers in the North-West Provinces".~~<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wg0IAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA67 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. XII: Khándesh]'' (1880), p. 67.</ref>~~ The city of [[Vadodara]] is reported to have previously been named Chandanavati for a time, "for Raja Chandan of the Dor Rajputs, who wrested it from the Jainas".<ref>Kenneth Pletcher, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GdKcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places]'' (2010), p. 180.</ref>		An 1880 work noted that "Dor Rajputs have disappeared from [[Rajputána]] where they were once famous and included in the thirty-six royal races. ... They are still found in small numbers in the North-West Provinces". The city of [[Vadodara]] is reported to have previously been named Chandanavati for a time, "for Raja Chandan of the Dor Rajputs, who wrested it from the Jainas".<ref>Kenneth Pletcher, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GdKcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places]'' (2010), p. 180.</ref>

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'''Dor Rajput''' (also known as '''Doda''') are a [[Rajput clans|Rajput clan]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) |volume=1 |first=Satish |last=Chandra |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |year=2004 |isbn=978-8-12411-064-5 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC&pg=PA27}}</ref>

In the late tenth century, the Dor Rajputs "seem to have extended their sway" over parts of Northern India, "ruling at first as feudatories of [[Tomara dynasty|Tomara kings]] of [[Delhi]]", they "became more powerful and made [[Aligarh|Koil]] as their stronghold".<ref>''Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Aligarh'' (1987), p. 23.</ref> An 1876 account stated:

{{quote|The Hindu Dor Rajputs have but four villages, all of which are situated in the Hápur tahsil, while their Musalmán brethren in the same tract have 16. The Dors originally held the country from Koil to [[Meerut]], and under their leader Hardatta attained to considerable power. It was Hardatta that built the fort of Meerut, founded [[Hápur]], and relieved Baran by paying the ransom demanded by [[Mahmúd Ghaznavi]]. About the time of [[Prithiraj]] the power of the Dors began to wane. They were pressed by the [[Meo (ethnic group)|Mína Meos]] on the one side, while the [[Gahlots]] expelled them from [[Dásna]] on the other.<ref>Edwin Thomas Atkinson, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=G9jaXsOc-tEC&pg=PA258 Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India]'', Vol. III (1876), p. 258-59.</ref>}}

An 1880 work noted that "Dor Rajputs have disappeared from [[Rajputána]] where they were once famous and included in the thirty-six royal races. ... They are still found in small numbers in the North-West Provinces".<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wg0IAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA67 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. XII: Khándesh]'' (1880), p. 67.</ref> The city of [[Vadodara]] is reported to have previously been named Chandanavati for a time, "for Raja Chandan of the Dor Rajputs, who wrested it from the Jainas".<ref>Kenneth Pletcher, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GdKcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places]'' (2010), p. 180.</ref>

==References==
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{{Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh}}

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