The Badgujar or Bargujar is a Rajput clan in India that claims Suryavanshi lineage.[1]
History
Origin
In its survey of The People of India, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) – a government-sponsored organisation – noted that Template:Quote
Machari
The Bargujar held considerable possessions in Dhundhar, and their capital was the hill fortress of Rajor in the Principality of Machari, which included town of Rajgarh and Dausa. The capital of their Principality was Deoti.[2][3][4][5] However, by 11th century Rao Dula Rai, won the areas of Dausa and Deoti from the Badgujar Rajputs, were reduced to feudetory or jagirdars and also sudued Meenas to establish Jaipur Kingdom.[6][7]
Samthar
The 11- salute princely state of Samthar was ruled by the Bargujar clan.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Other places once controlled by Badgujars were Daria Kheri,[14] Kamalpur[15]
Heritage
The Ghasera Fort and Khandar Fort[16] are among the two major forts built by Bargujar Rajput rulers.
Distribution
They are mainly distributed parts of present-day Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.[17]Template:Qn[18]Template:Qn
Notable people
References
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- ↑ The Researcher{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Rajasthan.(1965)
- ↑ Proceedings{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1964)Goga Chauhan of Mahari or Machari and Traditions - Bargujar by D. P. Sharma
- ↑ Report[s].{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indological Book House(1966) Bargujar or Badagujar, Rajas of Machari, Inscriptions at Machari at Samvant 1439
- ↑ Rajasthan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Apa Publications(1993). ISBN 9780395662885 Alwar : A treasure of Surprises : it was incorporated, along with Dausa. into the large kingdom of Machari. south of Alwar, and ruled by the Bargujar Rajputs.
- ↑ The Emergence of Jaipur State: Rajput Response to Mughal Rule, 1562-1743{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Pennsylvania(1993)
- ↑ A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938{{#if:Sarkar|, Sarkar}. Orient Longman Limited(1994). ISBN 81-250-0333-9
- ↑ Paintings of Bundelkhand: Some Remembered, Some Forgotten, Some not yet Discovered{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. D.K. Printworld(23 July 2019). ISBN 978-81-246-1012-1
- ↑ The castes of Marwar, being census report of 1891{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Books Treasure(1990)
- ↑ The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India: Islamic, Rajput, European{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin Books(1989)
- ↑ The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. G.C. Loganadham(1915)
- ↑ Glimpses of Bhāratiya History{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Ocean Books(2003). ISBN 9788188322404
- ↑ The Central India State Gazetteer Series{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Thacker, Spink(1907)
- ↑ Who's who in India, Containing Lives and Portraits of Ruling Chiefs, Notables, Titled Personages, and Other Eminent Indians{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Newul Kishore Press(1911)
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ʻOmān, and Central Arabia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Gregg(1970)
- ↑ UP Places of Interest. Uttar Pradesh Government.
- ↑ Uttara Bhārata kī Buksā janajāti: sāmājika-sāṃskr̥tika-sarvekshaṇa by Rāmajīta Śukla{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sañjaya Prakāśana, 1981 - Bhoksa (Indic people)(1981)
- ↑ Rājasthāna ke devālaya - Temples in Rajasthan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sāmayika Prakāśana(1991). ISBN 9788171380435