History of Rajasthan

thumb|The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a practice of mass self-immolation by Rajput kshatriya women and girls in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, sex slavery, enslavement, and rape when facing certain defeat during a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children, Jauhar performed to avoid rape and necrophilia by the invading armies. This practice was historically observed in the northwest regions of India, with the mo

dynasty that ruled northern India from 6th to 11th century

thumb|right|250px|The map of the Rajputana Agency in 1909 from the Imperial Gazetteer. Legend: princely states are in yellow thumb|250px|Map of Rajputana or Rajasthan, 1920 thumb|right|250px|Districts of the present-day state of Rajasthan right|thumb|250px|Rajpootana region as depicted in the Map of India by Anthony Finley in 1831 Rājputana (), meaning Land of the Rajputs, was a historical region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the entire present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, parts of the neighboring states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-

Indo-Scythian rulers of western and central India (35-405 CE)

1782-1835, English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar

Ajmer-Merwara (also known as Ajmir Province, and Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri) was a former province of British India in the historical Ajmer region. The territory was ceded to the British by Daulat Rao Sindhia by a treaty on 25 June 1818. It was under the Bengal Presidency until 1861 when it became part of the North-Western Provinces. Finally on 1 April 1871, it became a separate province as Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri. It became a part of independent India on 15 August 1947 when the British left India.

aspect of history

people mentioned in ancient Indian epics and scriptures

Jangladesh, also known as Jangaldesh or Janglu, was a historical region in what is now northern Rajasthan. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and parts of Sirsa. It was bounded on the south by Marwar and Jaisalmer, and on the east by Ajmer-Merwara.

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Arjunayana (or Arjunavana, Arjunavayana or Arjunayanaka) were a people of ancient northern India during the Shunga period ().

subdivision of the Mughal Empire between 1580–1758