“To the Goelwal Jeth, the prince entrusted Ajmer, saying, ‘On your fealty I depend’; where can this Chalukya find refuge? He moved from the city (Ajmer) and encamped on the lake Visala,[10.1.36] and summoned his tributaries and vassals to meet him. Mansi Parihar with the array of Mandor, touched his feet.[10.1.37] Then came the Guhilot, the ornament of the throng;[10.1.38] and the Pawasar [449], with Tuar,[10.1.39] and Rama the Gaur;[10.1.40] with Mohes the lord of Mewat.[10.1.41] The Mohil of Dunapur with tribute sent excuse.[10.1.42] With folded hands arrived the Baloch,[10.1.43] but the lord of Bamani abandoned Sind.[10.1.44] Then came the Nazar from Bhatner,[10.1.45] and the Nalbandi from Tatta[10.1.46] and Multan.[10.1.46] When the summons reached the Bhumia Bhatti of Derawar,[10.1.47] all obeyed; as did the Jadon of Malanwas.[10.1.48] The Mori[10.1.49] and Bargujar[10.1.49] also joined with the Kachhwahas of Antarved.[10.1.49] The subjugated Meras worshipped his feet.[10.1.50] Then came the array of Takatpur, headed by the Goelwal Jeth.[10.1.51] Mounted in haste came Udaya Pramar,[10.1.52] with the Nirwan[10.1.53] and the Dor,[10.1.54] the Chandel,[10.1.54] and the Dahima.”[10.1.55] In this short passage, a text is afforded for a dissertation on the whole genealogical history of Rajputana at that period. Such extracts from the more ancient bards, incorporated in the works of their successors, however laconic, afford decisive evidence [450] that their poetic chronicles bore always the same character; for this passage is introduced by Chand merely as a preface to the history of his own prince, Prithiraj, the descendant of Bisaldeo. A similar passage was given from the ancient chronicles of Mewar, recording an invasion of the Muslims, of which the histories of the invaders have left no trace (Vol. I. p. 287). The evidence of both is incontestable; every name affords a synchronism not to be disputed; and though the isolated passage would afford a very faint ray of light to the explorer of those days of darkness, yet when the same industrious research has pervaded the annals of all these races, a flood of illumination pours upon us, and we can at least tell who the races were who held sway in these regions a thousand years ago. Amidst meagre, jejune, and unsatisfactory details, the annalist of Rajputana must be content to wade on, in order to obtain some solid foundation for the history of the tribes; but such facts as these stimulate his exertions and reward his toil: without them, his task would be hopeless. To each of the twenty tribes enumerated, formed under the standard of the Chauhan, we append a separate notice, for the satisfaction of the few who can appreciate their importance, while some general remarks may suffice as a connexion with the immediate object of research, the Haras, descended from Bisaldeo.