History of the Jadavas (Ancient Yadavas ) Rajputs of Eastern Rajasthan---
History of the Jadavas (Ancient Yadavas ) Rajputs of Eastern Rajasthan--- Besides the Jadu Bhatis of Jaisalmer, there were other clans enjoying political power in different parts of Rajasthan , who traced their descent from the ancient Indian hero Lunar race Jadu ( Yadu )eldest son of Yayati-Nahusha.They have styled themselves as Jadavas /Yadvas (Jaduvansis / Yaduvansis - meaning descended from Jadu/ Yadu) Kshatriyas. The only Hindu descendants of the Yaduvansis at the present day are the Jadons of the small state of Karauli , to the west of the Chambal and the Jadons of Sabalgarh , or Jadonvati , in the Gwalior territory to the east of that river.But the Musalmans acknowledged Jadon descent from a very large portion of the Eastern Rajputana from Sohna and Alwar on the west of the Chambal on the east , and from the bank's of the Jamuna to Karauli and Sabalgarh on the South.These Jadon Musalmans are known as the Khanzadahs . The word "Yadava " is admittedly a vedic pat...