Originally posted by: nishkala
Do you know certain things about Rajput's?
1.There are a number of Muslim Rajputs(They are not necessarily hindus).
I know there r some muslims whose surname is Rajput. that is why it is said here that there r muslim rajputs. Let me explain this.. though i want latifa di or anyone who knows more abt islam to correct me if i am wrong. According to the islam if a person accepts that religion, u r supposed to change ur first name(ie use some islamic name) but not the surname. this is done so as to find out the people who r original muslims or those who r converted. n v know all the muslims in india r the ones who have converted (might be 1000 yrs bck) so it can be that some rajputs accepted islam..however their surname remains.
2.Rajputs were the first ones to adopt purdah system for women( and not the muslims)š
No not at all.... Rajputs were the people who actually gave maximum rights to women.. education(even sword fighting.. n others required for war), equal share in the property to women(in some cases .. more that that given to men). According to then women r supposed to get equal share of her father's wealth. out of which 3/4 should be given at the time of marriage(this is how dowry started) n remaining 1/4 after her father's death. Also mother's welath is equally divided among daughters(after her death) though sons never got any share from that.
there r examples from prithviraj raso where poets describe women's beauty. this is not possible if there were behind purdah. The purdah system was introduced because of invasions. The invaders used to kidnap n rape the rajput women who were beautiful.. so for their protection they were confined to the house n had to wear purdah while going out.. thus started the deradation of rajput women. so it is true to say rajputs were the first to start purdah system for hindu women
3.The Rajputs are divided between the Suryavanshi(house of the sun or solar race)and Chandravanshi(house of moon or lunar race).Have u noticed sun on Prithvi's forehead and moon on Jaichand and Vaishali's foreheadš. yes.
4.Suryavanshi's claim to have come from a great firepit near Ajmerš
Saint vasista did tapas on the maount abu where he was troubled by demons. so for his protection he created 4 people from fire. they were the first rajputs. out of these 4, the decendents of 2 became very famous.. the decendents of one of them was known as suryavanshi n other as chandravanshi
so both suryavanshi n chandravanshi claim to be decendents of fire god
3.They strongly believe in hypergamous marriage(the bride marrying into a social group higher than her own).One reason why Jaichand never liked Sanyogita and Prithvi's relationship.He considered Chauhan's status as a lower one.
i don't know abt this.. so no comments..
I hope this information is new to you and the source is Brittanica Encyclopedia(Indian History)š³š³