Sisodia dynasty

He founded the village of Shisoda, in modern day Rajsamand district, as his capital, after which his descendants were called Sisodias.

The Bhonsle clan, to which the Maratha empire's founder Shivaji belonged, also claimed descent from a branch of the royal Sisodia family.

However, the art and literary works commissioned by the subsequent Sisodia rulers emphasized their pre-Mughal past.

[13] The Sisodias cultivated an elite identity distinct from other Rajput clans through the poetic legends, eulogies and visual arts commissioned by them.

His widely read work further helped spread the views of the Sisodias as a superior Rajput clan in colonial and post-colonial India.