No Do not equate your american experience as a standard according to which the entire world operates America is a 400 year old culture and americans in general have no idea about the ancient world culture You are calling us hindutva folks and I wonder why no admin especially Dmcdevit is taking you to task for it Your argument is flawed because if what you said is true whole bunch of marwaris and jains would be calling themselves rajputs There is a reason why they do not do so Muslims can not be rajputs because a these guys do not acknowledge there own rajput ancestors in there own country for fear of mullahs b they have been making frivolous claims that muhammads tribesmen are rajputs iranians are rajputs descendants of arbas mughals are rajputs muslims who do jihad are rajputs People who hold such beliefs how can we accept a single claim from them