Maharaja of Alwar

Rajput clan: Kachwaha
Vansh Suryavansha
Descended from: Koshal (later Gird)
Sub-clans: 71 sub-clans: Rajawat, Shekhawat, Sheobramhpota, Naruka, Nathawat, Khangarot, Kumbhani, Kalyanot, Banvirpota, etc.
Ruled in Dhundhar
Princely states: Narwar
Jaipur State
Alwar
Maihar
States, established by sub-clans
Portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh, standing in a European-style interior.

The Kuchwaha (also spelled as Kachavāhā, Kachawaha, Kacchavahas, Kachhawa, Kuchhwaha, Kachhawaha, Kushwaha, & Keshwala including Kacchapghata, Kakutstha, and Kurma) are a Suryavanshi Kshatriya clan who ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states in India such as Alwar, Maihar, Talcher, while the largest kingdom was Jaipur (Jainagara) which was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727. The Maharaja of Jaipur is regarded as the head of the extended Kachwaha clan.

Outside of Rajasthan Kachwahas are found in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but are chiefly found in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Mathura, Agra, Hardoi and Kanpur. A number of Kachwaha adventurers from the Gwalior also emigrated to Jalaun, where settlements were established in Etawah. kachhwahas from kachuna block Hardoi are said to be descended from jaipur, Kachhwahas from Bulandshahr(Chhatari village) are said to have descended from Narwar, while the Kachhwahas of Muzaffarnagar called themselves Jhotiyana.

The Pachrang flag of the former Jaipur state. Prior to the adoption of the Pachrang (five coloured) flag by Raja Man Singh I of Amber, the original flag of the Kachwahas was known as the 'Jharshahi' (tree-marked) flag.

Rulers of Alwar state