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... Rájputs , all aimed at independence ; while the indigenous Mohamadans , instead of joining the Turks in showing a common front to the common 20 FALL OF MOGHUL EMPIRE . Progress of disruption under his descendants • Muhamadan and Hindu ...
... Rájputs , all aimed at independence ; while the indigenous Mohamadans , instead of joining the Turks in showing a common front to the common 20 FALL OF MOGHUL EMPIRE . Progress of disruption under his descendants • Muhamadan and Hindu ...
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... Rájputs ; and to extort from their chief , the Mahárájah Ajit Sing , the usual tribute , and the hand of his daughter for the Emperor , who , like some of his predecessors , was anxious to marry a Hindu princess . But the levity and ...
... Rájputs ; and to extort from their chief , the Mahárájah Ajit Sing , the usual tribute , and the hand of his daughter for the Emperor , who , like some of his predecessors , was anxious to marry a Hindu princess . But the levity and ...
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... Rájputs and Játs , moved up from the South . They possessed themselves of the capital in December 1759 . The main force ... Rájput States contributed , and Suraj Mal brought a contingent of 20,000 hardy Játs . Hinduism was uniting for a ...
... Rájputs and Játs , moved up from the South . They possessed themselves of the capital in December 1759 . The main force ... Rájput States contributed , and Suraj Mal brought a contingent of 20,000 hardy Játs . Hinduism was uniting for a ...
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... Rájputs . They affect Ráj- put ways , although the Rájputs would disdain their kinship ; and they give to their chiefs the Rájput title of " Thákur , " a name common to the Deity and to great earthly lords , and now often used to still ...
... Rájputs . They affect Ráj- put ways , although the Rájputs would disdain their kinship ; and they give to their chiefs the Rájput title of " Thákur , " a name common to the Deity and to great earthly lords , and now often used to still ...
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... Rájput ruler of Jaipur , son of the Kachwaha Rájá Jai Singh , † who had lately founded a fine city there in lieu of the ancestral site , Amber . Descended from Kusha , the eldest son of the Hindu demigod Rama , this tribe appears to ...
... Rájput ruler of Jaipur , son of the Kachwaha Rájá Jai Singh , † who had lately founded a fine city there in lieu of the ancestral site , Amber . Descended from Kusha , the eldest son of the Hindu demigod Rama , this tribe appears to ...
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