Rajput clan of the Indian subcontinent
Bandela Rajput
The Bundelas and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 1250 CE.
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Chhatris (cenotaphs) of Bundela rulers, on the Betwa River near Orchha
The Bundela is a Rajput clan .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Over several generations, the cadet lineages of Bundela Rajputs founded several states in area what came to be known as Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom from the 16th century.[ 5] [ 6]
^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 21, 147. ISBN 0226742210 .
^ Jaswant lal Mehta (2002). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 . p. 105. ISBN 9781932705546 . The Bundelas, who imparted their name to their habitat, were a clan of Rajputs, who emerged as a political entity in central India in the early medieval period.
^ Nandini Chatterjee (2020). Land and Law in Mughal India: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires . Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9781108486033 .
^ Eugenia Vanina (2012). Medieval Indian Mindscapes: Space, Time, Society, Man . p. 147.
^ John F Richards (1995). Mughal Empire, part 1, Volume 5 . p. 129.
^ Jaswant lal Mehta (2002). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 . p. 105. ISBN 9781932705546 .