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[[File:Map rajasthan dist all shaded.png|thumb|right|250px|Districts of the present-day state of [[Rajasthan]]]] | [[File:Map rajasthan dist all shaded.png|thumb|right|250px|Districts of the present-day state of [[Rajasthan]]]] | ||
[[File:Rajpootana India 1831.png|right|thumb|250px|Rajpootana region as depicted in the Map of India by Anthony Finley in 1831]] | [[File:Rajpootana India 1831.png|right|thumb|250px|Rajpootana region as depicted in the Map of India by Anthony Finley in 1831]] | ||
'''Rājputhana''', meaning "Land of the [[Rajputs]]",<ref name=rajputana>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490168/Rajputana|title=Rajputana|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> was a region in [[ | '''Rājputhana''', meaning "Land of the [[Rajputs]]",<ref name=rajputana>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490168/Rajputana|title=Rajputana|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> was a region in [[South Asia]] that included mainly the present-day [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]], as well as parts of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Gujarat]],<ref name="rajputana" /> and some adjoining areas of [[Sindh]] in modern-day southern Pakistan.<ref name="rajput">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490157/Rajput|title=Rajput|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> | ||
The main settlements to the west of the [[Aravalli Hills]] came to be known as ''Rajputana'', early in the [[Medieval India|Medieval Period]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Social Cultural History of Ancient India |first=Manilal |last=Bose |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1998 |page=27 |isbn=978-81-702-2598-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_PpdZosif4C}}</ref> The name was later adopted by [[British Raj|British government]] as the [[Rajputana Agency]] for its dependencies in the region of the present-day [[India]]n state of Rājasthān.<ref name="GuptaBakshi2008">{{cite book|author1=R.K. Gupta|author2=S.R. Bakshi|title=Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan Through The Ages The Heritage Of Rajputs (Set Of 5 Vols.)|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC|access-date=30 October 2012|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC/page/n151 143]–}}</ref> The Rajputana Agency included 18 princely states, two chiefships and the British district of [[Ajmer-Merwara]]. This British official term remained until its replacement by "Rajasthan" in the constitution of 1949.<ref name="GuptaBakshi2008" /> | The main settlements to the west of the [[Aravalli Hills]] came to be known as ''Rajputana'', early in the [[Medieval India|Medieval Period]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Social Cultural History of Ancient India |first=Manilal |last=Bose |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1998 |page=27 |isbn=978-81-702-2598-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_PpdZosif4C}}</ref> The name was later adopted by [[British Raj|British government]] as the [[Rajputana Agency]] for its dependencies in the region of the present-day [[India]]n state of Rājasthān.<ref name="GuptaBakshi2008">{{cite book|author1=R.K. Gupta|author2=S.R. Bakshi|title=Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan Through The Ages The Heritage Of Rajputs (Set Of 5 Vols.)|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC|access-date=30 October 2012|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC/page/n151 143]–}}</ref> The Rajputana Agency included 18 princely states, two chiefships and the British district of [[Ajmer-Merwara]]. This British official term remained until its replacement by "Rajasthan" in the constitution of 1949.<ref name="GuptaBakshi2008" /> | ||