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The Rajasthani people are the native inhabitants of Rajasthan ("the land of kings")〔The Territories and States of India By Tara Boland-Crewe, David Lea, pg 208〕 region of India. Their language Rajasthani is a part of the western group of Indo-Aryan languages. == History == (詳細はJames Tod (''Annals''). Rajasthan literally means a ''Land of Kingdoms''. However, western Rajasthan with eastern Gujarat were part of "Gurjaratra" or ''Gurjarabhumi'', land of Gurjars.〔Ramesh Chandra Majumdar; Achut Dattatrya Pusalker, A. K. Majumdar, Dilip Kumar Ghose, Vishvanath Govind Dighe, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1977). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The classical age. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 153〕 The local dialects of the time use the expression ''Rājwār'', the place or land of kings, later corrupted by the British to ''Rajputana''. There is nothing known about the ancient language of Rajasthanis. Nonetheless, it is believed that people spoke language similar to western ''Apabhramsha'' or ''prakrit''. Although history of Rajasthan goes back as far as Indus Valley Civilization, the foundation of Rajasthani community took shape with the rise of ''Western Middle Kingdoms'' such as Western Kshatrapas. ''Western Kshatrapas'' (35-405 BC) were rulers of the western part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Southern Sindh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan). They were successors to the Indo-Scythians who invaded the area of Ujjain and established the Saka era (with Saka calendar), marking the beginning of the long-lived Saka Western Satraps kingdom.〔"The dynastic art of the Kushans, John Rosenfield, p 130〕 ''Saka calendar'' (also been adopted as Indian national calendar) is used by Rajasthani community and adjoining areas such as Punjab and Haryana. With time their social structures got stronger reorganizations giving birth to several ''martial'' sub ethnic groups (previously called as ''Martial race'' but now obsolete term). Rajasthanis emerged as major merchants during medieval India. Rajasthan was among the important centers of trade with Rome, eastern Mediterranean and southeast Asia.〔A brief history of India By Judith E. Walsh,43〕 Romani people (詳細はḍōmba'' ("man living by singing and music"), attested in Classical Sanskrit.〔Cf. Ralph L. Turner, ''A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages'', p. 314. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-6.〕 Linguistic and genetic evidence indicates the Romanies originated from the Indian subcontinent, emigrating from India towards the northwest no earlier than the 11th century. Contemporary populations sometimes suggested as sharing a close relationship to the Romani are the Dom people of Central Asia and the Banjara of India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajasthani people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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