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As Todar Mal was a Hindi poet,the opinion of the authors of Hindi literature should get due importance. It seems from their unanimity that the said date has been traditionally current as the Raja's date of birth. In the absence of any contemporary evidence, we intend to accept the year 1580 Samvat / 1523-24 as Todar Mal's date of birth.
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Raja Todar Mal, a Hindu of the clerical Kayastha caste, was born in Oudh to a family from the Punjab.
All of these temples were established through a connection with the Mughal throne—either through Todar Mal, a Kayasth from Avadh, or through a member of the Kacchvaha lineage of eastern Rajasthan—and they bear a definite stylistic similarity, but it seems to owe nothing to the Dravidian south.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Raja Todar Mal, a Hindu of the clerical Kayastha caste, was born in Oudh to a family from the Punjab.
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