Rajputs
About
Social & General Conditions
Caste System
The society suffered as there was inequality in the standards of living of the people. They believed in caste and creed systems.
War conquests and history victories were the dominating features of the Rajput culture and society.
They showed their glory with their Harems and the number of servants that worked under them.
The lower castes suffered the animosities of
feudal lords who looked upon them like vultures.
The Rajput's as a new caste system were more involved in image building and had supreme egos which made the caste system even more prominent.
Most of the workers were treated very ruthlessly by their owners.
The ministers, officials, and feudal chiefs belonged to the upper class. So, they enjoyed the privileged to accumulate wealth as they were entitled to live in luzury and splendor.
Peasants were burdered with the land revenue and other taxes that were brutally taken by the feudal lords or else they had to render forced labor.
Condition of Women
Rajput women lived in an unauthenticated and handicapped society.
The Rajput women of low class were denied the right to study the Vedas. However, families of higher class received higher education.
They wrere supposed to follow higher ideals in terms of to their men and society. They were supposed to gladly sacrifice themselves along with the dead bodies of their husbands.
The society saw the evil practice of early marriage
Education & Science
Only Brahmans and some sections of upper classes were entitled to be educated.
Religion and philsophy were the popular subjects for study and discussion
Science did not get proper scope or opportunity to develop.
During this time, the overall growth of the knowledge of science slowed down as the society became increasingly rigid, thinking was mostly confined to traditional philosophy during this period.
Architecture
Paintings
The Rajput works of art can be ordered into two schools - the Rajasthani and the Pahari schools of painting
The system of both the schools is the same and both have made utilization of brilliant shades to explain scenes from the lives of the basic individuals.
The subjects of the artworks were enormously affected by the Bhakti religion and for the most part portray scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata
The Rajputs were significantly great builders who expended extravagantly on building forts, palaces and temples to show off their gene
Rajput was also known of building irrigation canals, dams, and reservoirs which are still considered for their precision and high quality.
They were the warriors who fought in battles and took care of the administrating functions. They rose to prominence during the 6th to 12th centuries.
They were valiant and aggresive fighters which they even considered their 'Dharma'. They valued qualities and ideals that were of very high fundamentals.
A few important rulers were Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharana Pratap, and Rana Kumbha.