Bappa Rawal

Bappa Rawal of the Gahlot dynasty established his rule in 734 CE at Chittor.
Chittor
was until that time ruled by the Mori clan of Rajputs. Maan Mori was their last king at
Chittor. It is believed the word Mori is a corruption of Maurya, the dynasty
of Ashoka (ruled 269 to 232 BCE).
The Kachwahas or Kacchapghata dynasty were originally from Bihar; they

founded Gwalior and Narwar in the 8th century. One of their descendants, Dulah Rai
(grandson of Raja Isha Singh and son of Prince Sodh Dev of Narwar) established his
rule in Dhundhar in the 11th century.
In 1156 Rawal Jaisal Bhati, the sixth in succession from Deoraj, founded the fort and
city of Jaisalmer, and made it his capital as he moved from his former capital at
Lodhruva (which is situated about 15 km to the north-west of Jaisalmer).
The imperial Pratiharas established their rule over Malwa and ruled from the cities
of Bhinmal and Ujjain in the 8th and 9th centuries. One branch of the clan established
a state in Mandore in the Marwarregion in 6th and 7th centuries where they held sway
until they were supplanted by the Rathores in the 14th century. Around 816 CE, the
Pratiharas of Ujjain conquered Kannauj, and from this city they ruled much of
northern India for a century. They went into decline after Rashtrakuta invasions in the
early 10th century.
The Chandela clan ruled Bundelkhand after the 10th century, occupying Kalinjar Fort;
they later built the temples at Khajuraho Group of Monuments.
The organization of Rajput clans crystallized in this period. Intermarriage among the
Rajput clans interlinked the various regions of India and Pakistan, facilitating the flow
of trade and scholarship. Archaeological evidence and contemporary texts suggest that
Indian society achieved significant prosperity during this era.
The literature composed in this period, both in Sanskrit and in the Apabhraṃśas,
constitutes a substantial segment of classical Indian literature. The early 11th century
saw the reign of the polymath King Bhoja, Paramara ruler of Malwa. He was not only
a patron of literature and the arts but was a distinguished writer. His Samarangana
Sutradhara deals with architecture and his Raja-Martanda is a commentary on
the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Many major monuments of northern and central India,
including those at Khajuraho, date from this period.
Early history (6th to 8th centuries)
The Rai Dynasty, who ruled Sindh in the 6th and 7th centuries and were displaced by
an Arab invasion led by Muhammad bin Qasim, is sometimes held to have been
Rajput. According to some sources, Bin Qasim also attacked Chittorgarh, and was
defeated by Bappa Rawal. Certain other invasions by marauding Yavvanas (literally:
"Ionian/Greek") are recorded in this era. The appellation Yavvana was used to
describe any tribe that emerged from the west or northwest of present-day Pakistan.
These invasions may therefore have been a continuation of the usual invasions into
India by warlike but less civilized tribes from the northwest, and not a reference
specifically to Greeks or Indo-Greeks. Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir defeated one
such Yavvana invasion in the 8th century and the Gurjara-Pratihara empire rebuffed
another in the 9th century.
A Rajput (Rajasthani: राजपूत) is a member of one of the landowning patrilineal clans

of central and northern India. Rajputs consider themselves descendants of one of the
major ruling warrior groups of theHindu Kshatriya Varna (social order) in the Indian
subcontinent, particularly North India.[1][2][3] However this claim has been contested by
various historians and scholars, from the medieval era to the present.[4] They enjoy a
reputation as soldiers; many of them serve in the Indian Armed Forces. During
the British Raj, the Government accepted them and recruited many (primarily non-
aristocratic) Rajputs into their armies.[5] Current-day Rajasthan is home to most of the
Rajputs, although demographically the Rajput population and the former Rajput states
are found spread through much the subcontinent, particularly inNorth India and
central India. Populations are found in Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
There is no mention of the term Rajput in the historical record as pertaining to a social
group prior to the 6th century AD.[6] Rajputs rose to prominence during the 6th to 12th
centuries, and until the 20th century Rajputs ruled in the "overwhelming majority" of
the princely states of Rajasthan and Saurashtra, where the largest number of princely
states were found.[7] They are divided into three major lineages. The
four Agnivanshi clans, namely
the Pratiharas (Pariharas), Solankis (Chaulukyas), Paramaras (Parmars)
and Chauhans (Chahamanas), rose to prominence first.

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Bappa Rawal of the Gahlot dynasty established his rule in 734 CE at Chittor.

The Kachwahas or Kacchapghata dynasty were originally from Bihar; they

Early history (6th to 8th centuries)

A Rajput (Rajasthani: राजपूत) is a member of one of the landowning patrilineal clans

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