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The Kauravs and Pandavs of the epic Mahabharata were Puruvanshis.Īgnivanshi: The Agniculas (the clans of the fire dynasty), descended from Agnipala, Swatcha, Mallan, Gulunsur, Ajpala and Dola Rai.Įach of these Vanshas or lineages is divided into several clans (kula), all of whom claim direct patrilineage from a remote but common male ancestor who supposedly belonged to that Vansha.

The Puruvanshi lineage are a major sub-branch of the Chandravanshi Rajputs.

The Yaduvanshi lineage are a major sub-branch of the Chandravanshi lineage.

Or Somavanshies (the clans of the lunar dynasty), descended through Yayati, Deva Nausha, Puru, Yadu, Kuru, Pandu, Yudhisthira and Krishna. Rajputs who are descended from the thirty-six royal Kshatriya clans mentioned in the sacred books, the Puranas, and in the two great Indian epics, the “Mahabharata” and the “Ramayana”, are classified into three basic lineages ( vanshas or vamshas): Suryavanshi: or Raghuvanshies (the clans of the Solar dynasty), descended through Manu, Ikshvaku, Harischandra, Raghu, Dasaratha and Rama. The kul serves as primary identity for many of the Rajput clans, and each kul is protected by a family goddess, the kuldevi.

Marriages within a kul are generally disallowed (with some flexibility for kul-mates of different gotra lineages). The histories of the various vanshs were later recorded in documents known as vanshaavaliis.īeneath the vansh division are smaller and smaller subdivisions: kul, shakh (“branch”), khamp or khanp (“twig”), and nak (“twig tip”). Lesser-noted vansh include Udayvanshi, Rajvanshi, and Rishivanshi. These vansh delineate claimed descent from various sources, and the Rajput are generally considered to be divided into three primary vansh: Suryavanshi denotes descent from the solar deity Surya, Chandravanshi from the lunar deity Chandra, and Agnivanshi from the fire deity Agni. There are several major subdivisions of Rajputs, known as vansh or vamsha, the step below the super-division jati. Populations are found in Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. The Rajput population and the former Rajput states are found spread through much of the subcontinent, particularly in north, west and central India. Until the 20th century, Rajputs ruled in the “overwhelming majority” of the princely states of Rajasthan and Surashtra, where the largest number of princely states were found.

Rajputs rose to prominence during the 6th to 12th centuries. They claim to be descendants of ruling Hindu warrior classes of North India.

A Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, “son of a king”) is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and some parts of Pakistan.