CHAPTER 15

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—Chitor—‘Akbar’s Lamp’—Reflections upon the Ruins of Chitor—Description of the city, from the Khuman Raesa, and from observation—Tour of the city—Origin of the Bagrawat class—Inscriptions—Aged Fakir—Return to Udaipur—Conclusion 1810

APPENDIX 1828

INDEX 1837

ILLUSTRATIONS

Colonel Tod and his Jain Guru _Frontispiece_

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Raghubīr Singh, Māhārāo Rāja of Būndi 1441

City of Kotah from the East 1521

Country Seat of the Kotah Prince 1530

Palace and Fortress of Būndi 1710

Fragment from the Ruins of Barolli 1752

Outline of a Temple to Mahadeva at Barolli 1754

Sculptured Niche on the Exterior of the Temple at 1756 Barolli

Ceiling of the Portico of Temple at Barolli 1758

Remains of an Ancient Temple at Barolli, near the 1760 Chambal

Temples of Ganga Bheva in the Forest of Pachail in 1766 Mewar

Smaller Group of Temples of Ganga Bheva 1768

Image of the Snake King at the Fountain of the Amjar 1770

Cave Temples of Dhamnar 1776

Entrance to the Sanctuary of a Temple at Chandravati 1784

Sculptured Foliage in Chandravati Temple 1786

Sculptured Ceilings of Temple at Chandravati 1788

Columns of Chandravati Temples 1790

Entrance to the Sanctuary of a Temple at Chandravati 1792

Ruins of Bhīm’s Chaori in the Mukunddara Pass 1794

Ancient Columns in the Mukunddara Pass 1796

Temples of Menāl in Mewār 1800

Second Group of Temples of Menāl in Mewār 1802

Jaistambha, Pillar of Victory 1820

Columns in the Fortress of Chitor 1822

ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN