Bundela
The Bundela are a widely ramified Rajput clan that ruled large parts of central India in the 16th and 17th centuries . The historic Bundelkhand region is named after them.
Myth and History
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The Bundela saw themselves as descendants of the mythical Suryavamsha dynasty, to which the kings of Ayodhya , the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama , also referred.
In the Middle Ages the dynasty is said to have ramified widely, but the first most important ruler Rudra Pratap Singh (r. 1501–1531) appeared late - he was the founder and builder of Orchha in the first decades of the 16th century . In the 17th century, the princely states of Datia and Panna split off. After the death of Chhatrasal , the ruler of Panna, in 1731, the quasi-independent bundela princely states of Ajaigarh , Bijawar and Charkhari were formed ; in 1785 the princely state of Chhatarpur was finally established . After the Marathas attacked , the princely states came under the control of British India and finally disappeared completely after India's independence (1947).
literature
- Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund: History of India. From the Indus culture to today. CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-406-54997-7 .