Rajput clans: Difference between revisions

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>