Pahari Rajputs

The term Pahari Rajput refers to a number of Pahari-speaking Rajput clans found along the southern slopes of the Pir Panjal in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand and Nepal.

Historically, princes among the Pahari Rajputs were important patrons of art, and in particular of paintings themed on religious subjects.^[1]

References

↑ Srivastava, R. P. (1983). Punjab Painting. Abhinav Publications. p. 5. ISBN 978-8-17017-174-4.

Further reading

Berreman, Gerald D. (2012). "Behind Many Masks: Ethnography and Impression Management". In Robben, Antonius C. G. M.; Sluka, Jeffrey A. Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader (Revised ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-47065-715-7.

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