An outline of Rajput India

by Greatkhali96

I'm really interested in getting to know more about the life of the Rajputs of India in pre-colonial times. As far as I have searched, very little information is available on the web, and as I found to my dismay, even Mehrangarh Fort's educational value is severely limited. So, if anyone has an understanding of Rajput India, on any aspect, please contribute. Also, perhaps more in the scope of a reddit post, I'd appreciate a list of books/websites you may have found useful in your studies pertaining to this area and era.

JJatt

The Rajputs of Rajputana: A Glimpse of Medieval Rajasthan by M. S. Naravane

The Rajputs of Saurashtra by Virbhadra Singh

Medieval India by S. Chandra

These should start you off, if you want to focus on a specific clan or anything let me know.

Also fair warning, anything older than the 1900's written by the British is going to be orientalist and not fully researched. While kingdoms like the Sikh, Mughal, and Maratha existed until the Brits came. The crux of the Rajput kingdoms had dispersed so much of what they write is hearsay.