Tomar
Tomar(also called Tomara,Tanwar and Tuar) is an Indian Rajput clan,[1][2][3] the members of which ruled parts of north India at different times.[4][5]The Tomars claim descent from the Puruvanshi lineage of Indraprashtha of Mahabharata times.[6][7] People belonging to the Tomar clan are also found among the Gujjars and Jats of northern India.[8]
Some famous Tomar/Tanwar Rajput rulers are as follows:[9]
Anangpal Singh Tanwar of Delhi[10]
Ramshah Tomar of Gwalior [11]
Maan Singh Tomar of Gwalior[12]
History
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Middle Ages - 1st Millennium AD
changeHistorian Augustus Hoernle was of the opinion that the Tomaras were one of the ruling clans of Rajputs[13][14] after the Pratihara Dynasty of North India- 4th - 8th century AD, Ancient Kuru Kingdom continuing its existence in the ages when India was ruled by Gupta Kings. It remained one of the 18 Great States under Gupta Kings.[15]
References
change- ↑ Kolff, Dirk H. A. (2002-08-08). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52305-9.
- ↑ Ph.D, M. Jankiraman (2020-11-03). Perspectives in Indian History: From the Origins to AD 1857. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64983-995-4.
- ↑ Tillotson, Giles Henry Rupert (1999). The Rajput Palaces: The Development of an Architectural Style, 1450-1750. Oxford Universiy Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564730-3.
- ↑ Singh, K. S. (1998). People of India: Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-766-1.
- ↑ Mondini, Umberto (2018-12-12). The Cult of Pābūjī. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-2320-3.
- ↑ Tillotson, Giles (2019-04-25). Delhi Darshan. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-511-0.
- ↑ Matthew Atmore Sherring, Hindu tribes and castes, Volume 1, page 137
- ↑ "Tomars of Delhi: Rajput Clans of India". GeeksforGeeks. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ↑ Hāṇḍā, Omacanda (2004). Naga Cults and Traditions in the Western Himalaya. Indus Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7387-161-0.
- ↑ Ray, Himanshu Prabha (2018-09-05). Decolonising Heritage in South Asia: The Global, the National and the Transnational. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-80285-0.
- ↑ Mahārāṇā Pratāpa ke pramukha sahayogī (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Granthāgāra. 1997.
- ↑ Khanna, Meenakshi (2007). Cultural History of Medieval India. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-81-87358-30-5.
- ↑ Pillai, S. Devadas (1997). Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-807-1.
- ↑ Mayaram, Shail (2006). Against History, Against State. Permanent Black. ISBN 978-81-7824-152-4.
- ↑ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Political history of ancient India: from the accession of Parikshit to the Gupta Empire