Sengar
Sengarare a clan ofRajputsinIndia.[1]
History
[edit]The central Indian state Madhya Pradesh was the location of battles and lesser-known rule of the Sengar Rajputs. In the eleventh century CE, they migrated from Jalaun to the fertile area ofRewa districtknown asMauganj.They constructedgarhis(forts) in Mauganj,Nai Garhi,Mangawan,and Bichhrata that was historically known as 'Mau Raj'. This kingdom battled and survived the invasion of theKalachuris.[disambiguation needed][2]
Accordingly, Sengars were the offsprings of theBrahminnamed Singhi[3]who was the son-in-law of Gaharwar raja of Kannauj, married to his daughter Shanta. Brahmin Singhi had two sons, from one sonGautam Rajputswere descended and from the other son Sengar Rajputs were descended. In 15th century theLodhisrose against Sengars and murdered the majority of the clan members inUnnao.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Stokes, Eric(1980).The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India.Cambridge University Press. pp. 78–81.ISBN9780521297707.
- ^Baker 2007,p. 68.
- ^Singh, Kashi N. (June 1968). "The Territorial Basis of Medieval Town and Village Settlement in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India".Annals of the Association of American Geographers.58(2): 203–220.doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1968.tb00640.x.JSTOR2561611.(subscription required)
- ^Bingley, A H (2006).Hand book on Rajputs.New Delhi asian educational services. p. 121.
Bibliography
[edit]- Baker, David E.U., ed. (2007) [2007].Baghelkhand, Or, the Tigers' Lair: Region and Nation in Indian History.Vol. 1 (Reprinted ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 68, 88, 195.ISBN9780195683219.
Further reading
[edit]- Kumar, Dharma; Desai, Meghnad, eds. (1989) [1983].The Cambridge Economic History of India.Vol. 2, C.1751–C.1970 (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 36–40, 56.ISBN9780521228022.
- Stokes, Eric (1975). "Agrarian Society and the Pax Britannica in Northern India in the Early Nineteenth Century".Modern Asian Studies.9(4). Cambridge University Press: 505–528.doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012877.JSTOR312079.S2CID145085255.(subscription required)