The Rajputs of SaurashtraThe Author Has Made A Detailed And Meticulous Examination Of All Aspects Of Social Life Of Rajputs, Their Religious Beliefs, Gender Relations, Education And Aesthetic Life. Based On Field Work, Royal Archives Of Many Former Princely States. Useful For Social Scientists. |
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The Setting | 1 |
A Historical Outline of Saurashtra | 29 |
Rjput | 47 |
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affinal ancestors Barots Bhats Bhavnagar Bhayats Bhuva Bombay Bombay Gazetteer boys Brahmins bride bridegroom British Charans chief Chora concubinage culture custom daughters deities Dhrol discussed division exist father female Forbes gift girls give Goddess Gohil Gohilwad Government Gujarat husband hypergamous Ibid important India infanticide informants instance Jadejas Jamnagar Jethwas Jhala Jhalawar joint family Junagadh Kanbis Kathiawar Kathis Khavas kinship Koli Kutch land large number lower castes male marriage married Morvi mother mother's brother Muslim nature observe occasions one's Parmar peninsula political polygynous population practice prestige primogeniture purdah Rajasthan Rajput clans Rajput families Rajput houses Rajput women Rakhat Rathod reference regarded region relations relationship ritual role ruler ruling families ruling houses Saheb Sati Saurashtra seclusion servants Shikotar sister social sons status sub-clan Survaiyas sword marriage term of address tradition Traga Vadarans Vaghela village Wadhwan wealthy Rajputs widow wife wives woman younger