Garhwali Rajput

Garhwali Rajput
Classification	Subcaste of Rajputs
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Garhwali, 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 Uttarakhand who held considerable power in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, from around the 9th century until 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 Ayodhya Uttar Pardesh. Decendent of Kush and offspring's of Alakh Dev)
• Khati gusain (they descend from Katyuri Dynasty)
• Negi
• Mian (They arrived from Suket, Kangra and Jammu, not originally from Garhwal but came due to family ties)
• Kathait (The descendants of the Katoch dynasty who migrated from Kangra, Himachal to Garhwal)
• Bartwal (the descendants of the Panwar lineage, from Ujjain/Dhar in 945 AD and settled in Baret village)
• Panwar
• Pawar
• Rautela (The descendants of the Parmar dynasty of Garhwal)
• Chauhan
• Aswal (related to the Nagvanshi Chauhan Rajputs, they migrated from Ranthambore near Delhi in 945 AD )
• Sajwan
• Bisht
• Rauthan Gusain (Raghuvanshi Rajputs from Ranthambore near Delhi who migrated to Garhwal.
• Chand
• Rawat
• Rana
• Ramola (The descendants of the Chauhan lineage from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh in 254 AD, and settled in Ramoli village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand)

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.