Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India

=The Chauhān Rāj.=—This sovereignty (_raj_) of the Chauhans occupies the most remote corner of Rajputana, and its existence is now for the first time noticed. As the quality of...

=Hāravati.=—Haravati, or Haraoti, ‘the country of the Haras,’ comprehends two principalities, namely, Kotah and Bundi. The Chambal intersects the territory of the Hara race, and...

=Begūn=, _February 26_.—The chances were nine hundred and ninety-nine to one that I ever touched a pen again. Two days ago I started, with all the ‘pomp and circumstance’ befitt...

=Banishment of Gordhandās.=—The sole measure of severity which arose out of these commotions was exercised on the natural son of the regent, who was banished in the face of open...

=Rāo Surjan, A.D. 1554.=—With Rao Surjan commenced a new era for Bundi.[10.3.1] Hitherto her princes had enjoyed independence, excepting the homage and occasional service on eme...

=Pachpahār. Monson’s Retreat. Fate of Lieutenant Lucan.= _December 10._—We returned to Garot yesterday, whence we marched ten miles north-north-east this morning over memorable...

=Mahārāo Ummed Singh, A.D. 1743-1804.=—Ummeda was but thirteen years of age on the death of his house’s foe, the Raja of Amber, in S. 1800 (A.D. 1744). As soon as the event was...

=Dīnarām Bohra organizes an Attack on the Sadhānis.=—Dinaram Bohra was now (A.D. 1798-9) prime minister of Jaipur, and he no sooner heard of the success of Asaram, than he proce...

Having never penetrated personally farther into the heart of the desert than Mandor, the ancient capital of all Marusthali, the old castle of Hissar on its north-eastern frontie...

=Bhainsrorgarh=, _February 19_.—Bhainsrorgarh,[11.6.1] ten miles, four furlongs; thermometer 51°; atmosphere dense and oppressive, and roads execrable, through a deep forest; bu...

=Alliance with the British.=—We now enter upon that period of the regent’s history, when the march of events linked him with the policy of Britain. When in A.D. 1817, the Marque...

We proceed to sketch the history of the Shaikhawat confederation, which, springing from the redundant feodality of Amber, through the influence of age and circumstances, has att...

=Attempted Poisoning of the Author. Jahāzpur=, _October 1_.—My journalizing had nearly terminated yesterday. Duncan and Carey being still confined to their beds, my relative, Ca...

=Formation of Kotah State.=—The early history of the Haras of Kotah belongs to Bundi, of which they were a junior branch. The separation took place when Shah Jahan was emperor o...

=Sawāi Jai Singh, c. A.D. 1693-1743.=—Jai II., better known by the title of Sawai Jai Singh, in contradistinction to the first prince of this name, entitled the ‘Mirza Raja,’ su...

By some conventional process, Europeans in India have adopted the habit of designating the principalities of Rajputana by the names of their respective capitals, instead of thos...

=Recapitulation of Hāra History.=—Having sketched the history of this race, from the regeneration of Anhal,[10.2.1] the first Chauhan (at a period which it is impossible to fix)...

=The Mukunddarra Pass.=—We marched before daybreak through the famed pass of Mukunddarra,[11.11.1] and caught a glimpse at the outlet of the fine plains of Malwa. We then turned...

=Morwan=, _February 1_.—Yesterday, Man Singh took up the whole of my time with the feuds of Lawa and their consequences. It obliged me to halt, in order to make inquiries into t...

=Dhāreswar=, _February 14_: six miles; therm. 46° at 5 A.M.—From Kanera to Dhareswar there is a gradual descent, perhaps equal to one-third of the angle of ascent of the table-l...

=Menāl.=—In February, I recommenced my march for Udaipur, and having halted a few days at Bundi, and found all there as my heart could wish, I resumed the march across the Patar...

=Udaipur=, _January 29, 1820_.—The Personal Narrative attached to the second volume of this work terminated with the Author’s return to Udaipur, after a complete circuit of Marw...

=The Whirlpools of the Chambal=, _December 3_.—Having halted several days at Barolli to admire the works of man, we marched to contemplate the still more stupendous operations o...

=Mahārāo Gumān Singh, A.D. 1766-71.=—Guman Singh, in S. 1822 (A.D. 1766), ascended the _gaddi_ of his ancestors. He was in the prime of manhood, full of vigour and intellect, an...

=The Patār Plateau. Kanera=, _February 13_: nine miles.—A new feature in the face of Mewar was this day disclosed to us. At the termination of our short march, we ascended the P...

Dīwān, a prime minister, i. 216, 469, iii. 1519; dīwān-i-āmm, public hall of audience, ii. 1046, iii. 1482; khāss, private council chamber, i. 229; of Eklinga, title of Rānas of...

=Bindrabandās.=—Bindrabandas steadfastly adhered to Madho Singh in the civil wars which ensued for the _gaddi_ of Amber, and the latter, when success attended his cause, wished...

=Unhealthiness of Kotah. Nanta=, _September 10, 1820_.—A day of deliverance, which had been looked forward to by all of us as a new era in our existence. The last four months of...

=The British Alliance, A.D. 1818.=—Jaipur was the last of the principalities of Rajputana to accept the protection tendered by the government of British India. To the latest mom...

=The Chief of Hīnta.=—I was not deceived; it is now midnight, but, late as it is, I will introduce to the readers a few of my visitors. The chief of Hinta, who was absent at his...

=Legislation of Zālim Singh.=—We are now to examine the Protector in another point of view, as the legislator and manager of the State whose concerns he was thus determined to r...

=The Rājput League.=—The league formed at this time by the three chief powers of Rajputana has already been noticed in the Annals of Mewar. It was one of self-preservation; and...

=Inauguration of the Rāo Rāja=, _August the 5th_.—The ceremony of Rajtilak, or inauguration of the young Rao Raja, had been postponed as soon as the Rani-mother heard of my inte...

We have thus developed the origin and progress of the Kachhwaha tribe, as well as its scions of Shaikhavati and Macheri. To some, at least, it may be deemed no uninteresting obj...

=The Farming Monopoly.=—Let us proceed with the most prominent feature of the regent’s internal administration—his farming monopoly—to which he is mainly indebted for the reputa...

=Foreign Policy of Zālim Singh.=—The foregoing reflections bring us back to political considerations, and these we must separate into two branches, the foreign and domestic. We...

=Udaipur=, _July 1821_.—When I concluded the narrative of my journey in October last year, I had no expectation that I should ever put my foot in the stirrup again, except en ro...

Bards, i. 82; opposed to Zālim Singh, iii. 1567; when they die, they go to the moon, ii. 992; exiled from Mewār, iii. 1807; lands granted to, ii. 589; extortion by threats, ii....

Mīna tribe, i. 343, ii. 651, 812, iii. 1332, 1429, 1715; conquered by Abhai Singh, ii. 1042; aborigines of Jaipur, I. 107; attacked by Hūndeo, iii. 1332; right of inaugurating R...

Sun and moon worship, ii. 623, 657; descent from the Sun, i. 247; Sun, Heaven of the dead, _see_ SŪRYALOKA; pregnancy caused by the sun, 274; Sun and Siva worship, ii. 699. _See...

Prithivi, Prithivirāja, (1) Chauhān, i. 38, 104, 113, 133, 136, 140, 299, ii. 715, 937; (2) I. of Jaipur, iii. 1336; (3) II. of Jaipur, 1361; (4) of Bīkaner, i. 398; (5) of Mārw...

Ajīt Singh (1) of Mārwār, ii. 991; marries a Mewār princess, ii. 1010; marries daughters to Farrukhsīyar and Jai Singh, ii. 1021, 1025; his assassination, the ruin of Mārwār, ii...

Scythians, traditions of, i. 70; incorporated with Hindus, ii. 653; descent of Rājputs from, i. 29, 73, ii. 653; dress, theogony, i. 79; religion, war, i. 80; polyandry derived...

As noted in the Editor’s introduction to Volume I, the spelling of names and places is variable, as the system of transliteration underwent many changes in the intervening centu...

Aurangzeb, the Emperor 'Ālamgīr, contemporary princes, i. 435; rebuke to his tutor, i. 436; intent on converting Hindus, i. 438; his Rājput wife, I. 179; letters, i. 439; letter...

Saffron robes, worn on going into battle, i. 226, 334, ii. 793, 1044, iii. 1471, 1483, 1491, 1522; at marriage, ii. 1025; men sworn to die marked with saffron water, ii. 1050

The numerous ruined shrines and mutilated statues in every town and village, still attest the zeal with which the bigot’s orders were obeyed; nor is there an image of any antiqu...

Siva, the god, ii. 598; worshipped at river junctions, i. 18, ii. 704; his symbol, 598; Rānas his vicegerents, ii. 602, 662; his worship, 598, 601; his priests, 601; three-eyed,...

Sati, suttee, immolation of wife with husband, origin, i. 88, ii. 737; cases of, ii. 837, 1030, 1213, iii. 1478, 1514; shrines, ii. 740, 777; dread of curses by, ii. 867, 1060,...

Begun—Serious accident to the Author—Affecting testimony of the gratitude of the Rawat—Expulsion of the Mahrattas from Begun—The estates of the Rawat sequestrated—Restored—Basai...

Udaipur, ci., (1) the capital of Mewār, i. 384, 405; captured by Mahābat Khan, i. 397; erection of buildings, 433; palace, 550; described by the Author, 549; (2) t., in Shaikhāv...

Rao Surjan obtains Ranthambhor—Is besieged by Akbar—The Bundi prince surrenders the castle—Becomes a vassal of the empire—Magnanimous sacrifice of Sawant Hara—Akbar bestows the...

Designations given by Europeans to the principalities of Rajputana—Dhundhar known by the name of its capitals, Amber or Jaipur—The country of the Kachhwahas an aggregate of conq...

Bagh Singh opposes the faithless court of Amber—He is joined by the celebrated George Thomas—Desperate action—Bagh Singh placed in the fortified palace at Khandela—His garrison,...

Separation of Kotah from Bundi—The Kotah Bhils—Madho Singh, first prince of Kotah—Its division into fiefs—The Madhani—Raja Mukund—Instance of devotion—He is slain with four brot...

Rao Ummeda defeats the troops of Amber—Conflict at Dablana—Ummeda defeated and obliged to fly—Death of Hanja, his steed—Takes refuge amidst the ravines of the Chambal—Redeems hi...

Maharao Guman Singh—Zalim Singh—His birth, ancestry, and progress to power—Office of Faujdar becomes hereditary in his family—His office and estate resumed by Guman Singh—He aba...

The Rajput States invited to an alliance with the British Government—Zalim Singh the first to accept it—Marquess of Hastings sends an agent to his court—Confederation against th...

Extraordinary attack of illness in the Author—Suspicion of poison—Journey to Mandalgarh—The Karar—Tranquil state of the country—The Minas subsiding into peaceful subjects—Scener...

Banishment of Gordhandas, the natural son of the Regent—His reappearance in Malwa—Consequent renewal of dissensions at Kotah—The troops mutiny and join the Maharao—The Regent as...

Origin of the Shaikhavati federation—Its constitution—Descent of the chiefs from Balaji of Amber—Mokalji—Miraculous birth of his son—Shaikhji—Aggrandizes his territory—Raemall—S...

Bindrabandas adheres to Madho Singh in the civil wars of Amber—Partition of lands annulled—Self-immolation of the Brahmans—Consequences to Bindraban, in his contest with Indar S...

Partāb Singh, (1) of Jaipur, ii. 875, iii. 1362, 1575; (2) of Bīkaner, ii. 1138; (3) I. of Mewār, i. 385; (4) II. of Mewar, 496; (5) Shaikhāvat, iii. 1400

Recapitulation of the Hara princes from the founder Anuraj to Rae Dewa—He erects Bundi—Massacre of the Usaras—Dewa abdicates—Ceremony of Yugaraj, or abdication—Succeeded by Sama...

Bhainsrorgarh—Cairn of a Rajput—Raghunath Singh of Bhainsror—Castle of Bhainsror—Passage forced by the Chambal through the Plateau—Origin and etymology of Bhainsror—Charans, the...

The Chulis, or whirlpools of the Chambal—Grandeur of the scene—Description of the falls and rocks of the Chambal in this part—The remarkable narrowness of its bed—The _roris_, o...

Unhealthiness of the season at Kotah—Eventful character of the period of the Author’s residence there—The cuckoo—Description of the encampment—Cenotaphs of the Haras—Severe tax...

The Patar or Table-land of Central India—View from thence—Project of a canal—Its advantages to Mewar—Utility of further works to the people—Traces of superstition in the Pathar—...

Jaipur the last of the Rajput States to embrace the proffered alliance of the British—Procrastination habitual to the Rajputs, as to all Asiatics—Motives and considerations whic...

Morwan—The solitude of this fine district—Caused by the Mahrattas and their mercenaries—Impolicy of our conduct towards the Mahrattas—Antiquities of Morwan—Tradition of the foun...

Route over the ground of Monson’s retreat—Battle of Pipli—Heroism of Amar Singh Hara, chief of Koila—Conduct of General Monson—Pachpahar—Kanwara—Thriving aspect of the country—J...

Departure from the valley of Udaipur—Lake of Kheroda—Ancient temple of Mandeswar—Bhartewar—Its Jain temples—Kheroda—Connected with the history of the feuds of Mewar—Exploits of...

The Rajput league—Aggrandizement of Amber—Isari Singh succeeds—Intestine troubles produced by polygamy—Madho Singh—The Jats—Their Rajas—Violation of the Amber territory by the J...

Farming system of Zalim Singh—Extent to which it has been carried—Its prosperity, fallacious and transitory—Details of the system—Soil of Kotah—The Regent introduces foreign plo...

Haravati defined—Fabulous origin of the Agnikula races—Mount Abu—The Chauhans obtain Mahishmati, Golkonda, and the Konkan—Found Ajmer—Ajaipal—Manika Rae—First Islamite invasion—...

Political system of the Regent—His foreign policy—His pre-eminent influence in Rajwara—His first connexion with the English Government—Monson’s retreat—Gallant conduct and death...

Zalim regarded as a legislator—His political views on Mewar—Kotah sacrificed thereto—His tyranny—His superstition—Makes a tour of his dominions—Establishes a permanent camp—Trai...

Chauhan Raj—Antiquity and nobility of the Chauhans of the desert—Dimensions and population of the Raj—Nagar—Bakhasar—Tharad—Face of the Chauhan Raj—Water—Productions—Inhabitants...

Sawai Jai Singh succeeds—Joins the party of Azam Shah—Amber sequestrated—Jai Singh expels the imperial garrison—His character—His astronomical knowledge—His conduct during the t...

The Author obliged to take a journey to Bundi—Cause of the journey—Sudden death of the Rao Raja, who left his son to the Author’s care—The cholera morbus, or _mari_—Its ravages—...

Visit to Menal—Definition of the servile condition termed _basai_—Bijolia—Inscriptions—Ancient history of Bijolli—Evidence that the Chauhans wrested the throne of Delhi from the...

Ceremony of Rajtilak, or inauguration—Personal qualities of the Rao Raja and his brothers—The installation—The tilak first made by the Author, as representative of the British G...

The chief of Hinta—Difficulty of arranging the separation of Hinta from the fisc—Anomalous character of its present chief, Man Singh Saktawat—His history—Lalji Rawat of Nethara—...

General aspect—Boundaries and divisions of the desert—Probable etymology of the Greek _oasis_—Absorption of the Ghaggar river—The Luni, or salt-river—The Rann, or Ran—Distinctio...

Pass of Mukunddarra—View from the summit of the pass into Pachel—Marks set up by the Banjaras—Monastery of Atits, or Jogis—Their savage aspect—The author elected a _chela_—The h...

Dhareswar—Ratangarh Kheri—Colony of Charans—Little Atoa—Inscription at Paragarh—Dungar Singh—Sheo Singh—Law of adoption—Kala Megh—Ummedpura and its chief—Singoli—Temple of Bhava...