Bundela


The Bundela or Bondela is a Rajput clan that historically ruled on parts of several states of India specifically Madhya Pradesh.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5]

Statue of Bundela king, Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela in Madhya Pradesh, India
Chhatris (Cenotaphs) of Bundela Rajput rulers on the bank of Betwa River, Orcha, Madhya Pradesh

Bundela Media

References

  1. Jaswant lal Mehta. Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 (in en) (2002). p. 105. ISBN 9781932705546.
  2. Nandini Chatterjee. Land and Law in Mughal India: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires (in en) (2020)Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9781108486033.
  3. Eugenia Vanina. Medieval Indian Mindscapes: Space, Time, Society, Man (2012). p. 147.
  4. John F Richards. Mughal Empire, part 1, Volume 5 (1995). p. 129.
  5. Jaswant lal Mehta. Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 (in en) (2002). p. 105. ISBN 9781932705546.