Example sentences for: rajputs

How can you use “rajputs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Rajputs made a belated alliance and fought valiantly from one desert fortress to another, but their elephants could not match their opponents’ fast horses and Afghan cavalry firing superior crossbows at the gallop.

  • Here, rich Persian culture dictated taste in dress, décor, manners, and morals, enriched by the Hindu culture of the Rajputs in literature, cuisine, and sexuality.

  • Conversion to the Islamic faith was seen as a means of advancement, and those Rajputs who didn’t take advantage of this offer were able to sharpen their martial skills in constant guerrilla warfare.

  • Keen to win the allegiance of the Hindus, Akbar abolished most of the discriminatory taxes on non-Muslims, and recruited Rajputs for his army after marrying a daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber, (though he did not flinch at massacring another 8,000 Rajput soldiers).

  • Babur fought resistance from the Rajputs and captured Delhi and Agra, then conquered the Afghan chiefs in 1529.


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