Rajputana
an administrative territory of India. It lies between Sind on the W., the Punjab on the N., the Northwestern provinces on the E., and several native states of central India on the S.
Its total area is 132,461 square miles, and its total pop. about 11 11,000,000. The most important of the native states is Jaipur, pop. 137,000. It gets its name from the ruling race of predominant Aryan tribes, called Rajputs. They are a proud aristocracy, own the soil, and have furnished ruling dynasties to very many of the native states in India. At the time of the Mohammedan invasions in the 11th century the Rajputs ruled over half dozen strong states- Kanauj, Ajmere, Anhilwara, Udaipur, and Jaipur. From the end of the 16th to the middle of the 18th century these states acknowledged the supremacy of the Mogul Emperor of Delhi. Then they were made to recognize the Mahrattas as their masters; since the Mahrattas were crushed by the British the Rajput states are independent allies. a