Hill Rajas

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The Hill Rajas were a group of local Hindu chieftains in the Shivalik hills region who frequently allied with the Mughal Empire in conflicts against Guru Gobind Singh and the Sikhs in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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Hill Rajas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu chieftains ⓘ
group of local rulers ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
activePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
alliedWith Aurangzeb’s Mughal administration ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
conflictedWith Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
Khalsa ⓘ
Sikhs ⓘ
linked to: Sikh people
conflictNature interplay of religious and political rivalry ⓘ
countryDuringPeriod Mughal Empire ⓘ
ethnoCulturalContext Pahari hill polities ⓘ
geographicalProximity near Anandpur Sahib region ⓘ
geopoliticalRole buffer between plains of Punjab and higher Himalayas ⓘ
governed small hill principalities ⓘ
governedRegion Shivalik hill states ⓘ
linked to: Shivalik Hills
historicalReputation opponents of Guru Gobind Singh in Sikh tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayan foothills ⓘ
militaryRole provided troops to Mughal forces ⓘ
opposedReligiousGroup Sikh community ⓘ
participatedIn conflicts against Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
conflicts against the Sikhs ⓘ
partOfHistoricalContext Mughal–Sikh conflicts ⓘ
rise of the Khalsa under Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
politicalMotivation preservation of local autonomy ⓘ
resistance to Sikh military and religious expansion ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-autonomous chiefs under Mughal suzerainty ⓘ
region Shivalik Hills ⓘ
relationshipWithMughals vassals and allies of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
timeOfConflicts early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
typeOfAuthority hereditary chieftainship ⓘ

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