07-21-2007, 12:54 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-kartiksri+Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM-->QUOTE(kartiksri @ Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Jul 20 2007, 09:05 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ramana @ Jul 20 2007, 09:05 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Also HH there is a line of thinking that the Rajputs were a branch of the Rashtrakutas who were from Deccan. So there could be some cultural continuity from that point of view.
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The Rathods and even Parmaras are said to have Rashtrakuta descent. Solankis are of Chalukya lineage. But different Rajput clans have different origins. However that is Mr. Digvijay's area of expertise not mine.
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Kartik,
Rashtrakuta connection is tenuous. Rajputs are descendants of ancient kshatriya dynasties of India.
<!--QuoteBegin-kartiksri+Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM-->QUOTE(kartiksri @ Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Another point, before Kapaya Nayaka and the Reddis of Kondavidu led the resistance against the Muslims, Kampiladeva or Khandeya Raneya defied Muhammad bin Tughlak by sheltering his rebel cousin Baha-ud-din Gushtasp and also repulsed two of Muhammad's expeditions before valiantly going down to the third expedition. When it seemed, with his fort besieged that defeat was imminent, Kampiladeva and his nobles rode out of their fort to face the enemy and perished against the enemy, while their wives and daughters lighted a pyre and courageously accpeted death rather than dishonour. This is no different than the jauhar that Rajput womenfolk have practised on many occassions in a similar context.
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Excellent introduction of these brave people. Would you know of more such brave people? It is just a disgrace how little we Indians know about our "Shoorveer Yodhas".
-Digvijay
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The Rathods and even Parmaras are said to have Rashtrakuta descent. Solankis are of Chalukya lineage. But different Rajput clans have different origins. However that is Mr. Digvijay's area of expertise not mine.
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Kartik,
Rashtrakuta connection is tenuous. Rajputs are descendants of ancient kshatriya dynasties of India.
<!--QuoteBegin-kartiksri+Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM-->QUOTE(kartiksri @ Jul 20 2007, 11:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Another point, before Kapaya Nayaka and the Reddis of Kondavidu led the resistance against the Muslims, Kampiladeva or Khandeya Raneya defied Muhammad bin Tughlak by sheltering his rebel cousin Baha-ud-din Gushtasp and also repulsed two of Muhammad's expeditions before valiantly going down to the third expedition. When it seemed, with his fort besieged that defeat was imminent, Kampiladeva and his nobles rode out of their fort to face the enemy and perished against the enemy, while their wives and daughters lighted a pyre and courageously accpeted death rather than dishonour. This is no different than the jauhar that Rajput womenfolk have practised on many occassions in a similar context.
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Excellent introduction of these brave people. Would you know of more such brave people? It is just a disgrace how little we Indians know about our "Shoorveer Yodhas".
-Digvijay