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Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India

1873

—Tradition of the foundation and destruction of the anc;.ent city.—Inscriptions.—Jain temple.—Game.—Attack by a tiger.—Sudden change of the weather.—Destructive frost.—Legend of a temple of Mfimi-d4va.—Important inscription.—Distress of the peasatry.—Gratitude of the people to the author.—Nekoomp.— Oppression of the peasants.—Murlah.—Inhabited by Charuns.—Reception of the author. [...] 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 upon the curiosity of travellers inKotah.—General insalubrity of Kotah.—Wells infected.— Productive of fever.—Taking leave of the Maharao and Regent.—The Regent's sorrow.—Cross the Chumbul.—Restive elephant.—Kunarie.- [...] Beygoo.—Serious accident to the author.—Affecting testimony of the grtitude of the Rawut —Expulsion of the Mahrattas from Beygoo.—The estates of the Rawut sequestrated.—Restored.—Bussie.—Cheetore.— Akber's Lamp.'—Reflections upon the ruins of Cheetore.—Description of the city from the Khoma. [...] There Jey Sing met the conflict when the Ni/d b changed " its name to Soorkhdb.* There was the Ethiopic (Habshee) king " and the skilful Frank learned in all arts f overcome by the lord " of Cenouj." The chronicles of the Chohans the sworn foe of the Rahtores repeat the greatness of the monarch of Canouj and give him the title of " Mandalica." They affirm that he overcame the king of the no [...] pilgrimage ; but obedient to the axiom of the Rajpoot get land " we find him on the banks of the Looni exterminating at a feast the Dabeys of Mehwo * and soon after the Gohils of Kherdhur t whose chief Mohesdas fell by the sword of the grandson of Jeichund Here in the " land of lihdr ' amidst the sand-hills of the Looni (the salt-river of the desert) from which the Gohils were expelled S
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Pages
750
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146115
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xxxi James Tod view
Annals of Marwar
1-155 James Tod view
Annals of Bikaner
156-190 James Tod view
Annals of Jessulmer
191-262 James Tod view
Sketch of the Indian Desert
263-301 James Tod view
Itinerary
302-317 James Tod view
Annals of Amber * or Dhoondar
318-404 James Tod view
Annals of Haravati
405-543 James Tod view
Personal Narrative
544-702 James Tod view
Appendix
703-708 James Tod view
Index
709-719 James Tod view

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