Barada Clan

Barada was one of 36 Rajput clans mentioned in Chauhan Social System which tries to explain caste system in Chauhan dominions from C. 800 to 1316 A.D.

Dasharatha Sharma writes that The Kanhadadeprabandha speaks of 36 Rajput clans, though actually it enumerates only the Chauhans, the Vaghelas, the Devadas, the Solankis the Rathods, the Paramaras, the Baradas, the Hunas, the Hariyadas the Chavadas, the Dodias, the Jadavas, the Hulas, the [page 272] Nikumbhas and the Guhilas. ^[20] On the basis of contemporary literature and inscriptions we can add to these the Bhatis, the Yaudheyas, the Varahas or Birahas, Pratiharas or Padiharas, Tomaras, Kachchhapaghatas or Kachhawahas, Balas, Jethwas, Dahimas, Dahiyas and Chandels.

Towards the end of our period all these clans regarded themselves as Kshatriyas, though earlier there were some among them who had not forgotten their non-Kshatriya origin.

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