Rajputana

Rājputana (Hindi: [ɾaːdʒpʊt̪aːnaː]), meaning Land of the Rajputs, was a historical region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the entire present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, parts of the neighboring states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day southern Pakistan. The region was known for its distinctive socio political structure, characterised by numerous Rajput kingdoms and principalities that maintained a strong warrior ethos and a deeply rooted tradition of honour, kinship, and martial governance. The main settlements to the west of the Aravalli Hills came to be known as Rajputana, early in the Medieval Period. The name was later adopted by East India Company as the Rajputana Agency for its dependencies in the region of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān. The Rajputana Agency included 26 Rajput and 2 Jat princely states and two chiefships. This official term remained until its replacement by "Rajasthan" in the constitution of 1949.