The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s16.t2.3

c7.s16.t2.3

It is an interesting fact that the origins of not only the Rajput dynasties but of many other ruling families in Indian history through the ages are somewhat dark, shady and shrouded in mystery. Another interesting item that we come across almost invariably in regard to the establishment of the Indian dynasties is, as the analysis of inscriptions leaves no doubt, that subsequent generations tried to get their forefathers or founders recognized either as Kṣatriyas or somehow related by blood to some well-known royal families. We are forced to suspect and to believe that the originators of many of the ruling dynasties in India were not born with blue blood in their veins but came from the ranks, and were often perhaps “natural-born.” Not all of them rose indeed from the very lowest of the low, but most probably many of them must have been born in the lower strata of society. From the "heroic ages" of the Vedic complex, the *Purāṇas* and the Epics down to the Mauryas, Pālas, Senas and the Rajputs of all grades the story of origins is more or less uniform in being indefinite and anything but clear.