Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han; Or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...create dissention, one day drew his sword, and placing it in the hand of Bheem (the elder), said, it was better to use it at once on his brother, than hereafter to endanger the safety of the state. This appeal to his generosity had an instantaneous effect, and he not only ratified, "by his father's th1one,"1' the acknowledgment of the sovereign rights of his brother, but declared, to remove all fears, "he was not his son if he again drank water within the pass of Dobari;" and, collecting his retainers, he abandoned Oodipur to court fortune where she might be kinder. The day was sultry, and on reaching the barrier he halted under the shade of a sacred " The Cushion," by which a Rajpoot throne is designated. 'f Gadi ca An. fig-tree to bestow a last look upon the place of his birth. His cup-bearer (Panairi) brought his silver goblet filled from the cool fountain, but as he raised it to his lips, he recollected' that his vow was incomplete while within the portal; he poured the libation on the earth in the name of the Supreme, and casting the cup as an offering to the deity of the fountain, the huge gates closed upon the valley. He proceeded to Buhadoor Shah, who conferred upon him the dignity (munsub) of a leader of three thousand five hundred horse, with the Bawurm, or fifty-two districts for their-support: but quarrelling with the imperial general, he was detached with his contingent west of the Indus, where he died. Let us return to ey Sing (tire lion of wktory). He concluded a treaty with Arungzebe, conducted by Prince Azim and Delhir Khan, who took every occasion to testify his gratitude for the clemency of Rana Raj Sing, when blockad ed in the defiles of the Aravali. At this...