Parihar

The Parihar, also stated to as Pratihar, and Parhar in Punjab are one of the main gotra of the Rajput caste of India.[1][2][lower-alpha 1] They claim descent from the mythological Agnivanshi dynasty[3] and, according to Muhnot Nainsi, comprised 35 branches in the 17th century.[4] Some married chiefs from the Kachwaha caste during the Mughal era[5] and, according to the Mancaritra Raso, during that same era some Parihars fought as part of the army of Man Singh I on behalf of the Mughal emperor Akbar.[6]

For other uses, see Parihar (disambiguation).

Some Parihars abandoned their traditional association as Rajputs to become thuggees by hereditary occupation.[7] Those inhabiting what became Etawah district during the early British colonial period had been so for centuries, and were noted at the time of the magistracy of Thomas Erskine Perry as being "always a desperate and lawless community" who resented authority and had defied the armies of the Maratha Empire and of Oudh.[8]

Notes
  1. The Pratihar/Parihar gotra is also found among the Gurjars[1]

References
  1. Singh, David Emmanuel (2012). Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response. Walter de Gruyter. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-61451-185-4.
  2. Katariya, Adesh (2007-11-25). Ancient History of Central Asia: Yuezhi origin Royal Peoples: Kushana, Huna, Gurjar and Khazar Kingdoms. Adesh Katariya.
  3. Unnithan-Kumar, Maya (1997). Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan. Berghahn Books. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9781571819185.
  4. Singh, Sabita (2019). The Politics of Marriage in India: Gender and Alliance in Rajasthan. Oxford University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-19909-828-6.
  5. Zaidi, S. Inayat Ali (1974). "The Pattern of Matrimonial Ties Between the Kachawah Clan and the Mughal Ruling Family". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 35: 131–143. JSTOR 44138775.
  6. Sreenivasan, Ramya (2014). "Rethinking Kingship and Authority in South Asia: Amber (Rajasthan), ca, 1560-1615". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 57 (4): 549–586. JSTOR 43303603.
  7. Naronha, Rita; Singh, Ameeta (2001). "Thuggee - The Religion of Murder in Central India". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 62: 400–413. JSTOR 44155782.
  8. Dash, Mike (2011). Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult. Granta. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-84708-473-6.
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