Dor Rajput (also known as Doda) are a
Rajput clan
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of
India
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.
In the late tenth century, the Dor Rajputs "seem to have extended their sway" over parts of Northern India, "ruling at first as feudatories of
Tomara kings of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
", they "became more powerful and made
Koil as their stronghold". An 1876 account stated:
An 1880 work noted that "Dor Rajputs have disappeared from
Rajputána where they were once famous and included in the thirty-six royal races. ... They are still found in small numbers in the North-West Provinces". The city of
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...
is reported to have previously been named Chandanavati for a time, "for Raja Chandan of the Dor Rajputs, who wrested it from the Jainas".
[Kenneth Pletcher, ]
The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places
' (2010), p. 180.
References
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Rajput clans