Kachhwaha

Kachhwaha
House of Amber
Kachhwaha; House of Amber
	Coat of arms
	The Pachranga flag originally used by Man Singh I
Parent house	Kachchhapaghata dynasty
Country	Khoh ; Jaipur State ; Alwar State; Shekhawati ; Kohra Estate
Founded	1028
Founder	Dulha Rai
Current head	Padmanabh Singh
Final ruler	Man Singh II
Titles	Raja of Khoh ; Maharaja of Amber ; Raja of Jaipur; Raja of Alwar ; Maharaja of Sirmaur; Maharaja of Maihar; Maharao of Shekhawati ; Raja of Talcher ; Babu of Kohra ; Subahdar of Bengal; Subahdar of Lahore; Subahdar of Kabul

The Kachhwaha is a Rajput clan found primarily in India.^[1]^[2] They claim descent from the Suryavanshi (Solar) dynasty.^[3]^[4]

^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (2007). Textbook of Indian History and Culture. New Delhi, India: Macmillan India Limited. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4039-3200-6.
^ The Rajput Palaces: The Development of an Architectural Style, 1450–1750 p. 88 – "the Kachwaha Rajputs (who had previously ruled in Gwalior) established themselves in an adjacent region, founding Dhundar as their capital in 967 AD ISBN 9780195647303."[1]
^ DK ‘The Kachhwahas are suryavanshi (of the Sun dynasty), tracing their descent from Kush, son of Lord Rama. They came into prominence in the tenth century as the rulers of Gwalior in central India, but in 986, Ishwar Das, the king of Gwalior, abdicated to lead a life of renunciation in the Himalayas.’ (2 November 2009). Great Monuments of India. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 978-1-4053-4782-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (2005). People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.