IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : India History From 8th to Mid 15th Century - Rajput States

IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From 8th to Mid 15th Century

Rajput States

Structure

1 1.0 Objectives
1 1.1 Introduction
11.2 Background : Babur, Humayun and the Rajputs
11.3 Akbar's Relations with the Rajputs
11.3.1 The First Phase
11.3.2 The Second Phase
11.3.3 The Third Phase
1 1.4 The Rajput States (Raiasthan)
! 1.4.1 Amber (Jaipur)
11.4.2 Marwar (Jodhpur)
11.4.3 Bikaner
E 1.4.4 Mewar
11.4.5 Jaisalmer
11.4.6 Bundi and Kota
11.5 The Rajput States in Central India
11.6 Other Rajput States
1 1.6.1 Baglana and I$ar
11.6.2 Hill Rhfiut States
1 1.7 Mughal-Rajput Reiations in the Seventeenth Century
11.8 Let Us Sum Up
11.9 Key Words
11.10 Answers to check Your Progress Exercises

11.6 OBJECTIVES

After reading this unit you will be able to :

understand the policy Babar and Humayun adopted towards the Rajputs;
demarcate the three phases in Akbar's relations with the Rajputs;
understand in brief the emergence of.powerfu1 Rajput States in Central India and Rajasthan and other minor Rajput states and their political relations with the Mughsls; and
analyse the nature of Mughal-Rajput relations in the 17th Century.

11.1 INTRODUCTION

The Mughal policy towards the Rajputs contributed to the expansion and
consolidation of the Mughal Empire under Akbar and his successors. For long it has
.been held that the Mughal alliance with the Rajputs was determined by personal
religious beliefs of the individual rulers. On this basis, Akbar's libe-alism and
Aurangzeb's orthodoxy were considered the touchstone of their policies and its
impact on the political scene. However, recently the Mughal-Rajput relations are
being studied within the framework of-Mughal nobility as well as the tensions within
the different segments of the nobility itself.