Jāt Peasant of Mārwār. Rājput Foot Soldier of Mārwār 812 Town and Fort of Jodhpur 820 Rock Sculptures at Mandor; Chāmunda, Kankāli 842 Rock Sculptures at Mandor; Mallināth, Nāthji 844 Rock Sculptures at Mandor; Rāmdeo Rāthor, Pābuji, etc. 846 Rock Sculptures at Mandor; Gūga the Chauhān, Harbuji 848 Sānkhla Rock Sculptures at Mandor; Mehaji Mangalia 850 Paiks of Mārwār 860 Durga Dās; Mahārāja Sher Singh of Rian 866 The Sacred Lake of Pushkar in Mārwār 892 Ancient Jain Temple at Ajmer 896 Fortress and Town of Ajmer 900 Castle of Bhinai 904 Source of the Berach River, and Hunting Seat of the 910 Rāna Bridge of Nūrābād 914 The late Mahārāja Sir Sumer Singh, of Jodhpur (_b._ 928 1901; _d._ 1918), and his brother, the present Mahārāja Ummed Singh (_b._ 1903) Horoscope of Rāja Abhai Singh _Page 1019_ ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN BOOK IV—_Continued_ RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, FESTIVALS, AND CUSTOMS OF MEWĀR CHAPTER 19 =Influence of the Priesthood.=—In all ages the ascendancy of the hierarchy is observable; it is a tribute paid to religion through her organs. Could the lavish endowments and extensive immunities of the various religious establishments in Rajasthan be assumed as criteria of the morality of the inhabitants, we should be authorized to assign them a high station in the scale of excellence. But they more frequently prove the reverse of their position; especially the territorial endowments, often the fruits of a death-bed repentance,[4.19.1] which, prompted by superstition or fear, compounds for past crimes by posthumous profusion, although vanity not rarely lends her powerful aid. There is scarcely a State in Rajputana in which one-fifth of the soil is not assigned for the support of the temples, their ministers, the secular Brahmans, bards, and [508] genealogists. But the evil was not always so extensive; the abuse is of modern growth.