Culture and ethos
A talwar sword, developed under Rajputana Khanda in the Maharana Pratap’s period
The Rajputs were a Martial Race in the period of the British Raj. This was a designation created by administrators that classified each ethnic group as either “martial” or “non-martial”: a “martial race” was typically considered brave and well built for fighting, whilst the remainder were those whom the British believed to be unfit for battle because of their sedentary lifestyles.

Rajput lifestyle
The double-edged scimitar known as the khanda was a popular weapon among the Rajputs of that era. On special occasions, a primary chief would break up a meeting of his vassal chiefs with khanda nariyal, the distribution of daggers and coconuts. Another affirmation of the Rajput’s reverence for his sword was the Karga Shapna (“adoration of the sword”) ritual, performed during the annual Navaratri festival, after which a Rajput is considered “free to indulge his passion for rapine and revenge”.
By the late 19th century, there was a shift of focus among Rajputs from politics to a concern with kinship. Many Rajputs of Rajasthan are nostalgic about their past and keenly conscious of their genealogy, emphasizing a Rajput ethos that is martial in spirit, with a fierce pride in lineage and tradition.

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Clans of the Rajput people
Yadu
• Bhatti
• Chudasama
• Samma
• Chauhan
• Yaduvanshi Ahirs
• Jadaun
• Jadeja
• Rathor
• Tanwar
• Tomar

Suryavanshi
• Bachal
• Bais
• Bargujar
• Bersal
• Bhatia
• Bhutta
• Bisen
• Channa
• Chattar
• Chundawat
• Dabhi
• Dogra
• Gahlot
• Ghik
• Ghorewaha
• Gohil
• Jhala
• Jaitawat
• Jamwal
• Jasrotia
• Jayas
• Jodhra
• Kachwaha
• Katil
• Khangarot
• Kirar
• Kohaal
• Mandahar
• Mian
• Minhas
• Naga
• Nagyal
• Naroo
• Nathawat
• Nikumbh
• Pundir
• Raghav
• Raghuwanshi
• Rajawat
• Rathore
• Ror
• Saharan
• Seyan
• Sengar
• Shaktawat
• Shakya
• Shekhawat
• Sisodia
• Thakial
• Thathal

Chandravanshi
• Yadav
• Alpial
• Babaria
• Bhati
• Barhiya
• Chadar
• Chadhar
• Chandela
• Chib
• Chudasama
• Dahiya
• Doad
• Gungal
• Harral
• Hattar
• Jadaun
• Jadeja
• Janjua
• Jarral
• Jaswal
• Jethwa
• Jodhra
• Johiya
• Katoch
• Lodhi
• Khakha
• Mahaar
• Mangral
• Marral
• Manj
• Moonga
• Nai
• Naipal
• Nathyal
• Noon
• Raizada
• Ranial
• Sarvaiya
• Sulehria
• Saini
• Tomaras
• Wattu
• Wejhwa

Agnivanshi
• Baghial
• Bhakral
• Chauhan
• Deora
• Dor
• Hon
• Kharal
• Lak
• Kheechee
• Harral
• Mekan
• Mori
• Narma
• Paramara
• Rawat Rajputs
• Sial
• Sodha
• Sohlan
• Solanki
• Tiwana

Others
• Muslim Rajputs
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• Sikh Rajputs
• Gadia Lohar