.T. Jackson and Messrs. B.G. and
D.R. Bhandarkar; this has been set out with additions and suggestions
in Mr. V.A. Smith's _Early History of India_, 3rd ed., and has been
reproduced in the subordinate articles on the different clans. Though
many of the leading clans are very weakly represented in the Central
Provinces, some notice of them is really essential in an article
treating generally of the Rajput caste, on however limited a scale, and
has therefore been included. In four cases, Panwar, Jadum, Raghuvansi
and Daharia, the original Rajput clans have now developed into separate
cultivating castes, ranking well below the Rajputs; separate articles
have been written on these as for independent castes.]

List of Paragraphs

1. _Introductory notice_.
2. _The thirty-six royal races_.
3. _The origin of the Rajputs_.
4. _Subdivisions of the clans_.
5. _Marriage customs_.
6. _Funeral rites_.
7. _Religion_.
8. _Food_.
9. _Opium_.
10. _Improved training of Rajput chiefs_.
11. _Dress_.
12. _Social customs_.
13. _Seclusion of women_.
14. _Traditional character of the Rajputs_.
15. _Occupation_.

List of Subordinate Articles

1. Baghel.
2. Bagri.
3. Bais.
4. Baksaria.
5. Banaphar.
6. Bhadauria.
7. Bisen.
8. Bundela.
9. Chandel.
10. Chauhan.
11. Dhakar.
12. Gaharwar, Gherwal.
13. Gaur, Chamar-Gaur.
14. Haihaya, Haihaivansi, Kalachuri.
15. Huna, Hoon.
16. Kachhwaha, Cutchwaha.
17. Nagvansi.
18. Nikumbh.
19. Paik.
20. Parihar.
21. Rathor, Rathaur.
22. Sesodia, Gahlot, Aharia.
23. Solankhi, Solanki, Chalukya.
24. Somvansi, Chandravansi.
25. Surajvansi.
26. Tomara, Tuar, Tunwar.
27. Yadu, Yadava, Yadu-Bhatti, Jadon.

1. Introductory notice

_Rajput, Kshatriya, Chhatri, Thakur._--The Rajputs are the
representatives of the old Kshatriya or warrior class, the second
of the four main castes or orders of classical Hinduism, and were
supposed to have been made originally from the arms of Brahma. The old
name of Kshatriya is still commonly used in the Hindi form Chhatri,
but the designation Rajput, or son of a king, has now superseded
it as the standard name of the caste. Thakur, or lord, is the common
Rajput title, and that by which they are generally addressed. The total
number of persons returned as Rajputs i