mr the answer is obvious n known to everybody that why pure kshatriya races gurjaras meenas marathas never marries rajputs because though the word rajput is supposed to be a corrupted form of the sanskrit word 'raajaputra' which means a scion of the royal blood and that the word occurs in the puranas and also in the harshcharita of bana mahajan is honest enough to accept that the word in earlier times and in some areas even now had an disrespectful meaning the vedic rajas old kshatriyas tribals not satisfied with their married wives had frequently children by their female slaves who although not legitimate successors to the throne these illegitimate children were styled rajpoots or the children of rajas the word rajput is used in certain parts of rajasthan to denote the illegitimate sons of a kshatriya chief or zamidar mahajan ff the conclusion is obvious that they were not considered by the original residentsto be respectable to start with this is because raaja means royal but raj means semen the progeny of mixed marriages is even now called by that name in some parts the condition of woman was deteriorating the question of women education was unthinkable obscene art flourished during rajput age the originality of the ancient times was lost and the ancient culture degenerated the country fell into the hands of rajput barons soon to be followed by the mohammedan invaders who completed the work of annihilation the combined army of kachwaha rajputs and mughals defeated the powerful meena kings of rajasthan by annihilating them such as the meena kings of rajasthan before its defeat at the hands of the mughals rajput age was a dark age for masses of india