Write short note on Characteristics of the medieval Rajput men and women.
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The past looms large in the self-understanding of Rajputs living in all parts of Rajasthan. Most experience a persistent nostalgia for their former lifestyle and its privileges. Thus in Mewar when Rajput men gather together to sip scotch and socialize, they often speak of those days in which they ruled and hunted or those more remote times in which their ancestors ruled and waged war against one another.[1] Continually stirring memories of bygone days are the tiger skins and other hunting trophies on their walls, the coats of arms above their entryways, the hand-colored photographs of royalty in their parlors, and their various heirlooms—ivory-inlaid swords, elaborate bridles, the occasional silver throne.
Doubtless intensifying this nostalgia are the particular circumstances of Rajasthan's recent history. In 1947, when the princely states of Rajasthan were combined into a single political unit, the state of Rajasthan, Rajputs were simply not prepared for democracy.[2] In 1818, when the Rajput rulers signed
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son of a king. The term Rajput encompasses various clans, but commonly associated with warriorhood.
Rajputs were keen about their geneology through vansh and kuls. The men adored their sword and their religious ritual included sacrificing a goat or buffalo during Navaratri.
The Rajput population lived in various areas of Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Madhya Pradesh.
The Rajput women practiced the custom of purdah which caused seclusion. Only men belonging to the family can visit the women's quarters, others are excluded. The same applied to women as well. Daughters were taught obedience, modesty and the self-effacing sacrifice.
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