A. Characteristics of Rajput men:

• Rajput men were very brave and courageous.
• It was a matter of pride for them if they attained martyrdom.
• They would never run away from a battlefield.
• If there were negligible chances of winning a battle, they would attain ‘Kesariya’ (commit suicide) right on the battlefield.
• Rajput men always provided help and protection to the refugees.
• They always spoke truth. They never lied.
• They always fought for truth and justice.
• They were devoted and committed.

B. Characteristics of Rajput women:

• Rajput women were famous for their fearlessness and chastity.
• They sent their husband, son or brother to the battlefield with a smiling face.
• They were so brave that if need be, they would take swords in their hands and fight in the battlefield.
• If the husband died in the battlefield, the Rajput woman would kill herself through the Sati system (jumping on the pyre of the dead husband).
• If the husband was defeated in the battlefield, the Rajput woman preferred ‘Jauhar’ (burn oneself alive).
• Due to all these reasons, the heroic stories of the Rajput Age have been engraved with golden letters in the history of India.