Rajputs

The Rajputs are the descendants of the ancient Indian warrior race and are a brave, chivalrous, trustworthy people who possess a love of freedom and pride of race quite different in character from the rest of the Hindus.

Akbar Emperor of India Garbe, Richard Von 1909

The principal deity of the Rajputs is the goddess Devi or Durga in her more terrible form as the goddess of war.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

_ -- The Rajputs are the representatives of the old Kshatriya or warrior class, the second of the four main castes or orders of classical Hinduism, and were supposed to have been made originally from the arms of Brahma.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

The Rajputs are the descendants of the ancient Indian warrior race and are a brave, chivalrous, trustworthy people who possess a love of freedom and pride of race quite different in character from the rest of the Hindus.

Akbar, Emperor of India Richard von Garbe 1892

Second, the warriors or fighting companions of the king, called Rajputs or Kchatryas, literally "of the _royal_ stock."

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Rajputs to say that we are a colony of Surya-vansas settled in the West as to us to maintain that the Rajputs are the descendants of Scythians who emigrated to the East.

From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan 1861

Though the sovereign of the country was chosen from the Shatriya class, also called Rajputs, the Brahmans possessed the real power, and were the royal counsellors, the judges and magistrates of the country; their persons and property were inviolable; and though they committed the greatest crimes, they could only be banished from the kingdom.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

Though the sovereign of the country was chosen from the Shatriya class, also called Rajputs, the Brahmans possessed the real power, and were the royal counsellors, the judges and magistrates of the country; their persons and property were inviolable; and though they committed the greatest crimes, they could only be banished from the kingdom.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

According to Tod The Rajputs were the descendants of Sakas, Huns, Ushans, Gujaaras etc.

Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

Voro (Bora) villages, and others whose lands are almost entirely held and cultivated by high castes, such as Rajputs, Brahmans or Parsees.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various