The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.75

v1.c30.75

The cradle of the Rājput is the tract named after him (Rājputāna), not, however, as it is limited in the present day, but extending from the Jamnā to the Narbadā and Satlaj, including, therefore, the whole of Mālva, Bundelkhand, and parts of Agra and the Panjāb. From the northern parts of this tract there seems to have been an early movement of conquest up the western rivers of the Panjāb, as far as the Himālaya and Kashmīr, whereby was laid the foundation of the predominance of the tribes still in possession. (Baines, *Ethnography*, p. 29.)