Rajpoots in their ordinary attire, 1876. Creator: Unknown

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Rajpoots in their ordinary attire, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Rajpoots in their ordinary attire, 1876. Men of a...Hindoo nation inhabiting an extensive country of Western India, called Rajpootana. This territory, about four hundred miles broad and long...is divided into the native States of Oudeypore or Meywar, Jodhpore, Jeypore, Bikaneer, and six or seven of lesser magnitude, some of which endure, rather than enjoy, a degree of independence. The aggregate population, under twelve millions, are an offshot from the great Hindoo military caste of the Kshatriyas; they were very powerful in the twelfth century, but gave way to the Mussulman conquerors of India...They are athletic men and good soldiers, but shamefully addicted to the use of opium. The crime of female infanticide was frightfully common amongst them, but has been checked, in some degree, by the authority of the British Government'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

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