Tomar (Rajput clan)
Tomar (also called Tomara) is a clan people belonging to the Tomar clan are found among the Rajputs of north India.[1][2]
The area of Morena, Bhind and Gwalior in northern Madhya Pradesh is referred to as "Tomarghar" meaning "Home of Tomars" due to its large population of Tomar.[3]
HistoryEdit
The Tomar clan claim descent from Chandravanshi dynasty, naming the Mahabharata warrior Arjuna among their forebears.[4]
The earliest extant historical reference to the Tomaras (the Sanskrit form of "Tomar") occurs in the Pehowa inscription of the Gurjara-Pratihara king Mahendrapala I (r. c. 885-910 CE).[5] This undated inscription suggests that the Tomara chief Gogga was a vassal of Mahendrapala I.[6]
During 9th-12th century, the Tomars of Delhi ruled parts of the present-day Uttar Pradesh madhya pradesh rajasthan Delhi and Haryana.[7][need quotation to verify] Much of the information about this dynasty comes from bardic legends of little historical value, and therefore, the reconstruction of their history is difficult.[8] According to the bardic tradition, the dynasty's founder Anangapal Tomar (that is Anangapala I Tomara) founded Delhi in 736 CE.[5] However, the authenticity of this claim is doubtful.[8] The bardic legends also state that the last Tomara king (also named Anangapal) passed on the throne of Delhi to his son-in-law Prithviraj Chauhan. This claim is also inaccurate: historical evidence shows that Prithviraj inherited Delhi from his father Someshvara.[8] According to the Bijolia inscription of Someshvara, his brother Vigraharaja IV had captured Dhillika (Delhi) and Ashika (Hansi); he probably defeated a Tomara ruler.[9]
Anangpal's grandson, Kosal Dev Singh, is said[by whom?] to have established Kosli in 1193.[10]
The Tomaras of Gwalior ruled an area north of Gwalior known as the Tonwarghar tract. The most notable of these rulers was Man Singh Tomar (1486-1517).[11]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Mayaram, Shail (2003). Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins. Columbia University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780231529518.
- ↑ Sociological Bulletin. Indian Sociological Society. 2004. p. 404.
- ↑ "Guns rule 'badlands' of Bhind-Morena". Zeenews. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Singh, David Emmanuel (2012). Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response. Walter de Gruyter. p. 55. ISBN 9781614511854.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sailendra Nath Sen 1999, p. 339.
- ↑ Dilip Kumar Ganguly 1984, pp. 116-117.
- ↑ Upinder Singh 2008, p. 571.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 D. C. Ganguly 1981, p. 704.
- ↑ Dilip Kumar Ganguly 1984, p. 117.
- ↑ Sarban Singh; Haryana (India). Gazetteers Organisation (2004). Haryana State Gazetteer: Lacks special title. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Dept.
- ↑ Kolff, Dirk H. A. (2002) [First published 1990]. Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-52152-305-9.
BibliographyEdit
- D. C. Ganguly (1981). R. S. Sharma (ed.). A Comprehensive History of India (A. D. 300-985). Vol. 3, Part 1. Indian History Congress / Orient Longmans.
- Dilip Kumar Ganguly (1984). History and Historians in Ancient India. Abhinav. ISBN 978-0-391-03250-7.
- Sailendra Nath Sen (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age. ISBN 9788122411980.
- Upinder Singh (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson Education India. ISBN 978-81-317-1120-0.