Visit to Menal—Definition of the servile condition termed _basai_—Bijolia—Inscriptions—Ancient history of Bijolli—Evidence that the Chauhans wrested the throne of Delhi from the Tuars—Jain temples—Inscriptions—Saiva temples—Prodigious extent of ruins—The Bijolli chief—His daughter a Sati—Menal, or Mahanal—Its picturesque site—Records of Prithiraj, the Chauhan—Inscriptions—Synchronism in an enigmatical date—March to Begun—Bumbaoda, the castle of Alu Hara—Legends of that chief—Imprecation of the virgin Sati—Recollections of the Haras still associated with their ancient traditions—Quit Bumbaoda and arrive at Begun 1796 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_ TO FACE PAGE 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