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	The [[Rajput]]s are a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be of the [[Kshatriya]] or warrior [[Varna in Hinduism\|varna]].<ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput~~\|Rajputs~~]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra~~\|Shudras~~]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>		The [[Rajput]]s are a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be of the [[Kshatriya]] or warrior [[Varna in Hinduism\|varna]].<ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput]]s consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra]]s and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>

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	The [[Rajput]]s ~~or [[Kshatriya]] is~~ a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be the warrior <ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput\|Rajputs]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra\|Shudras]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>		The [[Rajput]]s are a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be of the [[Kshatriya]] or warrior [[Varna in Hinduism\|varna]].<ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput\|Rajputs]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra\|Shudras]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>

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	The [[Rajput]]s ~~are~~ a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be of the ~~[[Kshatriya]] or~~ warrior ~~[[Varna in Hinduism\|varna]].~~<ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput\|Rajputs]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra\|Shudras]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>		The [[Rajput]]s or [[Kshatriya]] is a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be the warrior <ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 \| title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \| publisher=New Age International \| author=Sailendra Nath Sen \| year=1999 \| pages=307 \| isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 \| title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture \| publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd \| author=J.L. Mehta \| year=2009 \| pages=61 \| isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput\|Rajputs]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra\|Shudras]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Satish Chandra \|title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals \|page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book \|author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar \|author2=Reena Dube \|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC \|date=1 February 2012 \|publisher=SUNY Press \|isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 \|pages=59, 257}}</ref>

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	==The main lineages==		==The main lineages==
	There are three basic lineages (''vanshas'' or ''vamshas''). Each of these lineages is divided into several clans (kula) (total of 36 clans).<ref name="Asopa1990">{{cite book\|author=Jai Narayan Asopa\|title=A socio-political and economic study, northern India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBwhAAAAMAAJ\|~~access-date~~=26 May 2011\|year=1990\|publisher=Prateeksha Publications\|page=89}}</ref> ~~Historians agree~~ that Rajputs do not actually descend from these lineages, and genealogies were fabricated by Brahmins in a process called [[Rajputization]]. In this process, an aspiring ~~Shudra or~~ tribal king would employ Brahmins who would fabricate a genealogy that would state the chief was of descent from an ancient Kshatriya lineage, and thus a Rajput. The Rajput now would surround himself with the paraphernalia of Brahmanism in order to obtain a higher status.<ref>{{cite journal \|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress \|volume=47, I \|year=1986 \|pages=536–542 \|publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] \|title=Emergence of Kingship, Rajputization and a New Economic Arrangement in Mundaland \|first=Sivaji \|last=Koyal \|jstor=44141600}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Ishita Banerjee-Dube\|title=Caste in History\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n7OQwAACAAJ\|year=2010\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-806678-1\|page=xxiii\|quote=Rajputization discussed processes through which 'equalitarian, primitive, clan based tribal organization' adjusted itself to the centralized hierarchic, territorial oriented political developments in the course of state formation. This led a 'narrow lineage of single families' to disassociate itself from the main body of their tribe and claim Rajput origin. They not only adopted symbols and practices supposedly representative of the true Kshatriya, but also constructed genealogies that linked them to the primordial and legendary solar and lunar dynasties of kings. Further, it was pointed out that the caste of genealogists and mythographers variously known as Carans, Bhats, Vahivanca Barots, etc., prevalent in Gujarat, Rajasthan and other parts of north India actively provided their patron rulers with genealogies that linked local clans of these chiefs with regional clans and with the Kshatriyas of the Puranas and Mahabharata. Once a ruling group succeeded in establishing its claim to Rajput status, there followed a 'secondary Rajputization' when the tribes tried to 're-associate' with their formal tribal chiefs who had also transformed themselves into Hindu rajas and Rajput Kshatriyas.}}</ref>		There are three basic lineages (''vanshas'' or ''vamshas''). Each of these lineages is divided into several clans (kula) (total of 36 clans).<ref name="Asopa1990">{{cite book\|author=Jai Narayan Asopa\|title=A socio-political and economic study, northern India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBwhAAAAMAAJ\|accessdate=26 May 2011\|year=1990\|publisher=Prateeksha Publications\|page=89}}</ref> Ishita Banerjee Dube, an associate professor for south asian and african studies theorises that Rajputs do not actually descend from these lineages, and genealogies were fabricated by Brahmins in a process called [[Rajputization]]. In this process, an aspiring tribal king would employ Brahmins who would fabricate a genealogy that would state the chief was of descent from an ancient Kshatriya lineage, and thus a Rajput. The Rajput now would surround himself with the paraphernalia of Brahmanism in order to obtain a higher status.<ref>{{cite journal \|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress \|volume=47, I \|year=1986 \|pages=536–542 \|publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] \|title=Emergence of Kingship, Rajputization and a New Economic Arrangement in Mundaland \|first=Sivaji \|last=Koyal \|jstor=44141600}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Ishita Banerjee-Dube\|title=Caste in History\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n7OQwAACAAJ\|year=2010\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-806678-1\|page=xxiii\|quote=Rajputization discussed processes through which 'equalitarian, primitive, clan based tribal organization' adjusted itself to the centralized hierarchic, territorial oriented political developments in the course of state formation. This led a 'narrow lineage of single families' to disassociate itself from the main body of their tribe and claim Rajput origin. They not only adopted symbols and practices supposedly representative of the true Kshatriya, but also constructed genealogies that linked them to the primordial and legendary solar and lunar dynasties of kings. Further, it was pointed out that the caste of genealogists and mythographers variously known as Carans, Bhats, Vahivanca Barots, etc., prevalent in Gujarat, Rajasthan and other parts of north India actively provided their patron rulers with genealogies that linked local clans of these chiefs with regional clans and with the Kshatriyas of the Puranas and Mahabharata. Once a ruling group succeeded in establishing its claim to Rajput status, there followed a 'secondary Rajputization' when the tribes tried to 're-associate' with their formal tribal chiefs who had also transformed themselves into Hindu rajas and Rajput Kshatriyas.}}</ref>

	=== Suryavanshi ===		=== Suryavanshi ===

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The [[Rajput]]s are a community of [[Hindu]] origin, who claim to be of the [[Kshatriya]] or warrior [[Varna in Hinduism|varna]].<ref name="Ancient Indian History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA307 | title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization | publisher=New Age International | author=Sailendra Nath Sen | year=1999 | pages=307 | isbn=9788122411980}}</ref><ref name="J.L. Mehta">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmtjbaQPzMC&q=rajput+origin&pg=PA61 | title=Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture | publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd | author=J.L. Mehta | year=2009 | pages=61 | isbn=9788120704329}}</ref> However, modern historians agree that [[Rajput|Rajputs]] consisted of a mix of various different social groups including [[Shudra|Shudras]] and tribals.<ref>{{cite book |author=Satish Chandra |title=Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XYMAQAAMAAJ |year=2008 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |quote=Modern historians are more or less agreed that the Rajputs consisted of miscellaneous groups including shudras and tribals |page=44}}</ref><ref name="BhatnagarDube2012">{{cite book |author1=Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar |author2=Reena Dube |title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC |date=1 February 2012 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8385-5 |pages=59, 257}}</ref>

==The main lineages==
There are three basic lineages (''vanshas'' or ''vamshas''). Each of these lineages is divided into several clans (kula) (total of 36 clans).<ref name="Asopa1990">{{cite book|author=Jai Narayan Asopa|title=A socio-political and economic study, northern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBwhAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 May 2011|year=1990|publisher=Prateeksha Publications|page=89}}</ref> Historians agree that Rajputs do not actually descend from these lineages, and genealogies were fabricated by Brahmins in a process called [[Rajputization]]. In this process, an aspiring Shudra or tribal king would employ Brahmins who would fabricate a genealogy that would state the chief was of descent from an ancient Kshatriya lineage, and thus a Rajput. The Rajput now would surround himself with the paraphernalia of Brahmanism in order to obtain a higher status.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=47, I |year=1986 |pages=536–542 |publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] |title=Emergence of Kingship, Rajputization and a New Economic Arrangement in Mundaland |first=Sivaji |last=Koyal |jstor=44141600}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ishita Banerjee-Dube|title=Caste in History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n7OQwAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-806678-1|page=xxiii|quote=Rajputization discussed processes through which 'equalitarian, primitive, clan based tribal organization' adjusted itself to the centralized hierarchic, territorial oriented political developments in the course of state formation. This led a 'narrow lineage of single families' to disassociate itself from the main body of their tribe and claim Rajput origin. They not only adopted symbols and practices supposedly representative of the true Kshatriya, but also constructed genealogies that linked them to the primordial and legendary solar and lunar dynasties of kings. Further, it was pointed out that the caste of genealogists and mythographers variously known as Carans, Bhats, Vahivanca Barots, etc., prevalent in Gujarat, Rajasthan and other parts of north India actively provided their patron rulers with genealogies that linked local clans of these chiefs with regional clans and with the Kshatriyas of the Puranas and Mahabharata. Once a ruling group succeeded in establishing its claim to Rajput status, there followed a 'secondary Rajputization' when the tribes tried to 're-associate' with their formal tribal chiefs who had also transformed themselves into Hindu rajas and Rajput Kshatriyas.}}</ref>

=== Suryavanshi ===

The [[Suryavansha|Suryavanshi]] lineage (also known as the [[Raghuwanshi|Raghuvanshies]] or [[Solar Dynasty]]) are clans who believed to be descent from [[Surya]], the [[Hindu]] Sun-god.<ref name="Barbara N. Ramusack">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&q=SURYAVANSHI+chandravanshi+RAJPUT&pg=PA14|title=The Indian Princes and their States, The New Cambridge History of India|author=Barbara N. Ramusack|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn=9781139449083|pages=14}}</ref>

=== Chandravanshi ===

The [[Chandravanshi]] lineage ([[Somavanshi]] or [[Lunar Dynasty]]) claims to be descent from [[Chandra]], the [[Hindu]] Moon-god.<ref name="Barbara N. Ramusack" />

=== Agnivanshi ===

The [[Agnivanshi]] lineage is claiming descent from [[Agni]], the [[Hindu]] god of fire.<ref name="Barbara N. Ramusack" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft2g5004kg&chunk.id=d0e993&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e993&brand=ucpress Rajasthan and the Rajputs]

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