Garhwali Rajput

Garhwali Rajput
Classification	Subcaste of Rajputs
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Garhwal, Sanskrit
Original state	Uttarakhand
Lineage	Suryavanshi, Chandravanshi [1]
Related groups	Garhwali Rajputs, Rajputs of Nepal
Kingdom (original)	Garhwal Kingdom

Garhwali Rajput, also referred to as Rajputs of Garhwal region of Uttrakhand who held considerable power in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, from around the 9th century till the conquest of Garhwal by the Garhwal Kingdom. ^[2]

Clans

List of Rajput clans in Garhwal: ^{[3] [4]}

• Patwal gusain (the descendants in 1212 from Uttar Pardesh Tomara vansh)
• Negi
• Panwar
• Pawar
• Bisht
• Chand
• Rawat
• Rana

References

2. Hiltebeitel, Alf (2009-02-15). Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-34055-5.
3. "Uttarakanad Society, Culture, and Pilgrimges". ResearchGate .
4. Sax, William Sturman (2002). Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pāṇḍav Līlā of Garhwal. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-513915-0.