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The Rajputana Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire dealing with a collection of native states in India (now in Rajasthan, west of Jaipur, northwestern India), under the political charge of an Agent reporting directly to the Governor-General of India and residing at Mount Abu in the Aravalli Range. The total area of the states falling within the Rajputana Agency was , with eighteen states and two estates or chiefships. ==Subdivisions== For administrative purposes Rajputana was subdivided into nine groups of states, consisting of three residencies and six agencies: * Mewar Residency, with headquarters at Udaipur, dealt with Mewar State (Udaipur). * Western Rajputana States Agency, which included the states of Banswara, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh. This agency was part of Mewar Residency until 1906, when it was separated. * Jaipur Residency, with headquarters at Jaipur, dealt with the states of Jaipur and Kishangarh, as well as the estate of Lawa.〔(Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 156. )〕 * Western Rajputana States Residency, with its headquarters at Jodhpur, dealt with the states of Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, and Sirohi. * Bikaner Agency, with headquarters at Bikaner, dealt with the state of Bikaner. * Alwar Agency, with headquarters at Alwar, dealt with the state of Alwar. * Eastern Rajputana States Agency, with headquarters at Bharatpur, dealt with the states of Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli. * Haraoti-Tonk Agency, with headquarters at Deoli, dealt with the states of Tonk, Bundi and Shahpura. * Kotah-Jhalawar Agency, with headquarters at Kota, dealt with the states of Kota and Jhalawar. All of the states had Hindu Rajput rulers, except Tonk, which had a Muslim ruler, and Bharatpur State and Dholpur State, which had Jat rulers. The small British province of Ajmer-Merwara was also included within the geographical area of Rajputana, but that was under direct British rule. Although Rajputs ruled most of the states, they comprised a small minority of the population; in the 1901 census, of a total population of 9,723,301, only 620,229 were Rajputs, who were numerically strongest in the northern states and in Udaipur & Tarangagadh. Other important castes and tribes of Rajputana were the Brahmins, who traditionally occupied the highest rank among castes, and were numerous and influential; the Bhats, who were the keepers of secular tradition and of the genealogies; the Hindu mercantile castes; Jains, who comprised the majority of the merchants; the powerful agricultural groups, such as the Jats and the Gurjars, the tribal peoples, Bhils, Meenas and Meo. In the 1901 census, 7,035,093 persons, or more than 72% of the total population spoke one of the Rajasthani languages. 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「Rajputana Agency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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