Jauhar (also spelled jowhar) is the burning to death of the queens and female royals of Rajput kingdoms when facing defeat at the hands of an enemy. The roots of this practice lie in the internecine warfare among different Rajput clans. The most famous Jauhers in recorded history have occurred at the end of Rajput battles with Muslim empires. It w...
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(from the article `suttee`) ...all over India, the earliest dated 510 . Women sometimes suffered immolation before their husbands` expected death in battle, in which case the ...
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