Rathore is a Rajput clan. Some historians link their origin to the

Rashtrakuta dynasty Rashtrakuta (IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their ...

Origin

The Rathores claim they are descended from the legendary Suryavanshi and

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lineages of ancient India. According to this tradition, the Rathores are descended from the Solar Dynasty (Suryavanshi) and can trace their ancestry back to

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and the

Ikshvaku Dynasty The Solar dynasty (IAST: Suryavaṃśa or Ravivaṃśa in Sanskrit) or the Ikshvaku dynasty was founded by the legendary king Ikshvaku.Geography of Rigvedic India, M.L. Bhargava, Lucknow 1964, pp. 15-18, 46-49, 92-98, 100-/1, 136 The dynasty is ...

, which is one of the most ancient and legendary dynasties of

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according to

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. According to some modern historians, Rathores originated from the

Rashtrakuta Rashtrakuta (IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their ...

's ancestors. Some Branches of Rashtrakutas had migrated to Western

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

as early as the late tenth century; some inscriptions of "Rathauras" have been founded in and around Marwar region of

dating from the tenth to early thirteenth century; it's believed the Rathores might have emerged from one of the

divisions.{{Cite book , last=Sinha , first=Bindeshwari Prasad , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKk5AQAAIAAJ&q=rashtrakuta+migration+from+south+to+north+%5C , title=Comprehensive History of Bihar: pt. 2

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, date=1974 , publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute , language=en

References

Rajput clans of Rajasthan Rajput clans of Sindh