Jauhar: Difference between revisions

According to many scholars, the first jauhar of Chittorgarh occurred during the [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1303)|1303 siege]] of the Chittor fort.<ref name="Thomas1999p122"/><ref name="Paul2005p48">{{cite book|author=E. J. Paul|title=Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOzp2aC8ezAC&pg=PA48|year=2005|publisher=Roli Books |isbn=978-81-7436-340-4|pages=48–49}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James G. Lochtefeld|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch|url-access=registration|year=2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/n390 318]}}; '''Quote:''' "It is particularly associated with the Rajasthani city of Chittorgarh, where jauhars occurred in 1303, 1535 and 1568";<br>{{cite book|author=Mary Storm|title=Head and Heart: Valour and Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98JcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA141| year=2015|publisher= Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-32557-4|pages=141–142}}</ref> This ''jauhar'' became a subject of legendary Rajasthani poems, with [[Rani Padmini]] the main character, wherein she and other Rajput women commit ''jauhar'' to avoid being captured by [[Alauddin Khalji]] of Delhi Sultanate.<ref name="Thomas1999p122">{{cite book|author=Catherine Weinberger-Thomas|title=Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India|url= https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein |url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-88568-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein/page/122 122]}}</ref> The historicity of the first jauhar of Chittor is based on Rajasthani traditional belief as well as Islamic [[Sufi literature]] such as [[Padmavat]] by [[Malik Muhammad Jayasi]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Catherine Weinberger-Thomas|title=Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India|url=https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein |url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-88568-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein/page/121 121]–123}}</ref>