The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c15.26

c15.26

Bundelahs. Bundelahs are, of course, the Rajput clan whose home is in the country south of the Jamnah and east of the Betwah river (J. Rennell, “Memoir of a Map...”, p. 234, but for the northern limit read Jamnah instead of Ganges). Their appearance in this list shows that originally they were held to be an inferior class of troops, and employed principally as matchlockmen. They were always renowned, however, for their bravery. In the end, through the rise of the Orchhah rajah, the head of their clan, and that of the so-called Dhangyā State, formed by Champat Rāe and extended by his more famous son, Chattarsāl, their position was much enhanced, and during the 18th century they played an extremely prominent part, fighting first on the side of the Moghuls and subsequently against them.