Sengar Explained
Sengar are a clan of Rajputs in India.[1]
The central Indian state Madhya Pradesh was the location of battles and lesser-known rule of the Sengar Rajputs. In the eleventh century CE, they migrated from Jalaun to the fertile area of Rewa district known as Mauganj. They constructed garhis (forts) in Mauganj, Nai Garhi, Mangawan, and Bichhrata that was historically known as 'Mau Raj'. This kingdom battled and survived the invasion of the Kalachuris.[2]
Accordingly, Sengars were the offsprings of the Brahmin named Singhi[3] who was the son-in-law of Gaharwar raja of Kannauj, married to his daughter Shanta. Brahmin Singhi had two sons, from one son Gautam Rajputs were descended and from the other son Sengar Rajputs were descended.In 15th century the Lodhis rose against Sengars and murdered the majority of the clan members in Unnao.[4]
Further reading
- Book: The Cambridge Economic History of India . 2, c. 1751 – c. 1970 . Dharma . Kumar . Meghnad . Desai . Reprinted . Cambridge University Press . 1989 . 1983 . 9780521228022 . 36–40, 56.
- Agrarian Society and the Pax Britannica in Northern India in the Early Nineteenth Century . Eric . Stokes . Modern Asian Studies . 9 . 4 . 1975 . 505–528 . Cambridge University Press . 312079 . 10.1017/s0026749x00012877. 145085255 .
Notes and References
- Book: Stokes, Eric . The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India . Eric Thomas Stokes . Cambridge University Press . 1980 . 9780521297707 . 78–81.
- Book: Baghelkhand, Or, the Tigers' Lair: Region and Nation in Indian History . 1 . David E.U. . Baker . Reprinted . Oxford University Press . 2007 . 2007 . 9780195683219 . 68, 88, 195.
- The Territorial Basis of Medieval Town and Village Settlement in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India . Kashi N. . Singh . Annals of the Association of American Geographers . 58 . 2 . June 1968 . 203–220 . 2561611 . 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1968.tb00640.x.
- Book: Bingley, A H . Hand book on Rajputs. New Delhi asian educational services. 2006. 121 .
