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Reverter hasn't responded on the talkpage in a week. Combing a lot of sources to reach conclusion not stated in any of the sources.Sources no where mentions rathore neither do they mention that specifically rathores are illiterate or had low caste origin trying to connect these source's to reach this conclusion is a clear violation of WP:SYNTH and its completely WP:UNDUE.
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The '''Rathore''' is a clan of Hindu [[Rajputs]] found in Northern India.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. M. Shah |title=The Family in India: Critical Essays |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U8s0aBdDxEQC&pg=PA112 |year=1998 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1306-8 |pages=112–}}</ref><ref>For a map of their territory see: {{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.4 (g)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=186}}</ref> They form a part of the thirty-six Rajput Clans.<ref>A History of Rajasthan, Section:The Rathores of Marwar [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=thirty-six+rajput], pg.372, by Rima Hooja, {{ISBN|9788129108906}} — "The Rathores are amongst the traditionally listed thirty-six Rajput clans."</ref> Alternative spellings include '''Rathaur''' or '''Rathor''' or '''Rathur''' or '''Rathod''' or '''Rathour''' or '''Rahtore'''.
The '''Rathore''' is a clan of Hindu [[Rajputs]] found in Northern India.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. M. Shah |title=The Family in India: Critical Essays |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U8s0aBdDxEQC&pg=PA112 |year=1998 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1306-8 |pages=112–}}</ref><ref>For a map of their territory see: {{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.4 (g)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=186}}</ref> They form a part of the thirty-six Rajput Clans.<ref>A History of Rajasthan, Section:The Rathores of Marwar [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=thirty-six+rajput], pg.372, by Rima Hooja, {{ISBN|9788129108906}} — "The Rathores are amongst the traditionally listed thirty-six Rajput clans."</ref> Alternative spellings include '''Rathaur''' or '''Rathor''' or '''Rathur''' or '''Rathod''' or '''Rathour''' or '''Rahtore'''.
The Rathores just like other Rajput clans variously claim descent from the [[Suryavansha]] (Solar dynasty).<ref>{{Cite book|title = Indian India|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WfU8AQAAIAAJ|publisher = Director of Public Relations, Chamber of Princes|da
The Rathores just like other Rajput clans variously claim descent from the [[Suryavansha]] (Solar dynasty).<ref>{{Cite book|title = Indian India|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WfU8AQAAIAAJ|publisher = Director of Public Relations, Chamber of Princes|date = 1945-01-01|language = en}}</ref> However, historians state that such illustrious descent has no historical basis, and was fabricated by [[Brahmins]] in order to give mainly low caste illiterate warriors greater status and prestige in a process called [[Rajputization]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=47, I |year=1986 |pages=536–542 |publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] |title=Emergence of Kingship, Rajputization and a New Economic Arrangement in Mundaland |first=Sivaji |last=Koyal |jstor=44141600}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=André Wink |title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th Centuries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2m7_R5P2oAC&pg=PA282 |year=2002 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=0-391-04173-8 |pages=282 |quote=In short, a process of development occurred which after several centuries culminated in the formation of new groups with the identity of 'Rajputs'. The predecessors of the Rajputs, from about the eighth century, rose to politico-military prominence as an open status group or estate of largely illiterate warriors who wished to consider themselves as the reincarnates of the ancient Indian Kshatriyas. The claim of Kshatriyas was, of course, historically completely unfounded. The Rajputs as well as other autochthonous Indian gentry groups who claimed Kshatriya status by way of putative Rajput descent, differed widely from the classical varna of Kshatriyas which, as depicted in literature, was made of aristocratic, urbanite and educated clans...}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=History in Africa (vol.3) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPIEAQAAIAAJ |year=1976 |publisher=African Studies Association |editor=David Henige |editor-link=David Henige |author=Norman Ziegler|page=150| quote=: Rajputs were, with some exceptions, almost totally illiterate as a caste group}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Reinhard Bendix|title=Max Weber: An Intellectual Portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_j_2nOUIpcC&pg=PA180|year=1998|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-17453-4|pages=180–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |title=The Making of Early Medieval India |chapter=Origin of the Rajputs: The Political, Economic and Social Processes in Early Medieval Rajasthan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmVuAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1994 |isbn=9780195634150 |page=59}}</ref>


The Rathores also claim to be descendants of the 11th century [[Gahadavala|Gahadavala dynasty of Varanasi]].{{sfn|Jadunath Sarkar|1960|p=32}}{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|p=29}} The Rathores of [[Jodhpur State]] claimed to be descendants of [[Jayachandra]]. The rulers of the [[Manda (zamindari)|Manda]] feudal estate, who described themselves as Rathore, traced their ancestry to Jayachandra's alleged brother Manikyachandra (Manik Chand). These claims are sourced through bardic chronicles; for example, according to ''[[Prithviraj Raso]]'', ''Rathore'' was an epithet of Jayachandra (Jaichand).{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|p=30}} These claims are of later origin, and their historical veracity is doubtful.{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|pp=30–31}}
The Rathores also claim to be descendants of the 11th century [[Gahadavala|Gahadavala dynasty of Varanasi]].{{sfn|Jadunath Sarkar|1960|p=32}}{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|p=29}} The Rathores of [[Jodhpur State]] claimed to be descendants of [[Jayachandra]]. The rulers of the [[Manda (zamindari)|Manda]] feudal estate, who described themselves as Rathore, traced their ancestry to Jayachandra's alleged brother Manikyachandra (Manik Chand). These claims are sourced through bardic chronicles; for example, according to ''[[Prithviraj Raso]]'', ''Rathore'' was an epithet of Jayachandra (Jaichand).{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|p=30}} These claims are of later origin, and their historical veracity is doubtful.{{sfn|Niyogi|1959|pp=30–31}}

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For the village, see Rathor, Pakistan.

Amar Singh Rathore, a notable Rathore nobleman

The Rathore is a clan of Hindu Rajputs found in Northern India.[1][2] They form a part of the thirty-six Rajput Clans.[3] Alternative spellings include Rathaur or Rathor or Rathur or Rathod or Rathour or Rahtore.

The Rathores just like other Rajput clans variously claim descent from the Suryavansha (Solar dynasty).Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[4]

  • Jodhpur (Marwar) in present-day Rajasthan, founded in 1226 by Rao Siha.
  • Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan, founded in 1465 by Rao Bikaji (son of Rao Jodha).
  • Kishangarh in present-day Rajasthan, founded in 1611 by Raja Kishan Singh.
  • Idar in present-day Gujarat, founded in 1729 by Rao Anand Singh.
  • Ratlam in present-day Madhya Pradesh, founded in 1651 by Maharaja Ratan Singh.
  • Jhabua in present-day Madhya Pradesh, founded in 1584 by Raja Keshav Das.
  • Sitamau in present-day Madhya Pradesh, founded 1701 by Raja Kesho Das.
  • Sailana in present-day Madhya Pradesh, founded in 1730 by Raja Jai Singh.
  • Alirajpur in present-day Madhya Pradesh, founded in 1437 by Raja Anand Deo.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ A. M. Shah (1998). The Family in India: Critical Essays. Orient Blackswan. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-81-250-1306-8.
  2. ^ For a map of their territory see: Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147, map XIV.4 (g). ISBN 0226742210.
  3. ^ A History of Rajasthan, Section:The Rathores of Marwar [1], pg.372, by Rima Hooja, ISBN 9788129108906 — "The Rathores are amongst the traditionally listed thirty-six Rajput clans."
  4. ^ Dhananajaya Singh (1994). The House of Marwar. Lotus Collection, Roli Books. p. 13. He was the head of the Rathore clan of Rajputs, a clan which besides Jodhpur had ruled over Bikaner, Kishengarh, Idar, Jhabhua, Sitamau, Sailana, Alirajpur and Ratlam, all States important enough to merit gun salutes in the British system of protocol. These nine Rathore States collectively brought to India territory not less than 60,000 square miles in area.

Further reading

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