Garhwali Rajput

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Garhwali Rajput
ClassificationSubcaste of Rajputs
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesGarhwali, Sanskrit
Original stateUttarakhand
LineageSuryavanshi, Chandravanshi[1]
Related groupsGarhwali Rajputs, Rajputs of Nepal
Kingdom (original)Garhwal Kingdom

Garhwali Rajput, also referred to as Rajputs of Garhwal region of Uttrakhand who held considerable power in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, from around the 9th century till the conquest of Garhwal by the Garhwal Kingdom.[2]

Clans

List of Rajput clans in Garhwal:[3][4]

  • Patwal gusain (the descendants in 1212 from Ayodhya Uttar Pardesh. Decendent of Kush and offspring's of Alakh Dev)
  • Khati gusain (they descend from Katyuri Dynasty)
  • Negi
  • Mian (They arrived from Suket, Kangra and Jammu, not originally from Garhwal but came due to family ties)
  • Kathait (the Descendants of the Katoch lineage who migrated from Kangra, Himachal to Garhwal)
  • Bartwal (the descendants of the Panwar lineage, from Ujjain/Dhar in 945 AD and settled in Baret village)
  • Panwar
  • Pawar
  • Rautela
  • Chauhan
  • Aswal (related to the Nagvanshi Chauhan Rajputs, they migrated from Ranthambore near Delhi in 945 AD )
  • Sajwan
  • Bisht
  • Rauthan gusian (Raghuvanshi Rajputs, migrated from Ranthambore near Delhi)
  • Chand
  • Rawat
  • Rana
  • Ramola (the Descendants of the Chauhan lineage from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh in 254 AD, and settled in Ramoli village)

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Hiltebeitel, Alf (2009-02-15). Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-34055-5.
  3. ↑ "Uttarakanad Society, Culture, and Pilgrimges". ResearchGate.
  4. ↑ Sax, William Sturman (2002). Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pāṇḍav Līlā of Garhwal. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513915-0.