Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
Footnote 4.1.10:
This _Porus_ is a corruption of _Puar_, once the most powerful and
conspicuous tribe in India; classically written Pramara, the dynasty
which ruled at Ujjain for ages. [This is not certain (Smith, _EHI_,
60, note).]
Footnote 4.1.11:
_Rawal_, or _Raul_, is yet borne as a princely title by the Aharya
prince of Dungarpur, and the Yadu prince of Jaisalmer, whose ancestors
long ruled in the heart of Scythia. _Raoul_ seems to have been titular
to the Scandinavian chiefs of Scythic origin. The invader of Normandy
was _Raoul_, corrupted to _Rollon_ or _Rollo_. [The words, of course,
have no connexion: Rāwal, Skt. _rājakula_, ‘royal family.’]
Footnote 4.1.12:
The Balhara kings, and their capital Nahrwala, or Anhilwara Patan,
have given rise to much conjecture amongst the learned. We shall,
before this work is closed, endeavour to condense what has been said
by ancient and modern authorities on the subject; and from
manuscripts, ancient inscriptions, and the result of a personal visit
to this ancient domain, to set the matter completely at rest. [See p.
122 above.] [“Hippokoura, the royal seat of Baleo Kouros” (_Periplus_,
viii. 83). Baleo Kouros has been identified with Vilivāyakura, a name
found on coins of the Andhra dynasty (_BG_, i. Part ii. 158;
McCrindle, _Ptolemy_, 179).]
Footnote 4.1.13:
_Khuman_ is an ancient title of the earlier princes, and still used.
It was borne by the son of _Bappa_, the founder, who retired to
Transoxiana, and there ruled and died: the very country of the ancient
Scythic _Khomani_.
Footnote 4.1.14:
Lord of rhyme.
Footnote 4.1.15:
Sea of gems.
Footnote 4.1.16:
These inscriptions will be described in the Personal Narrative.
Footnote 4.1.17:
[It is the other way: Kausalya took her name from Kosala.]
Footnote 4.1.18:
[See p. 116 above.]
Footnote 4.1.19:
_Sen_, ‘army’; _kanak_, ‘gold.’ [Kanaksen is entirely mythical. It has
been suggested that the name is a reminiscence of the connexion of the
great Kushān Emperor, Kanishka, with Gujarāt and Kāthiāwār (_BG_, i.
Part i. 101).]
Footnote 4.1.20:
Ahar, or Ar, is in the valley of the present capital, Udaipur.
Footnote 4.1.21:
The origin of this name is from the trivial occurrence of the expelled
prince of Chitor having erected a town to commemorate the spot, where
after an extraordinarily hard chase he killed a hare (_sasu_).
Footnote 4.1.22:
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