Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
The respectful mention of the Guhilot as ‘the ornament of the throng,’
clearly proves that the Chitor prince came as an ally. How rejoicing
to an antiquary to find this confirmed by an inscription found amidst
the ruins of a city of Mewar, which alludes to this very coalition!
The inscription is a record of the friendship maintained by their
issue in the twelfth century—Samarsi of Chitor, and Prithiraj the last
Chauhan king of India—on their combining to chastise the king of Patan
Anhilwara, “in like manner as did Bisaldeo and Tejsi of old unite
against the foe, so,” etc. etc. Now Tejsi was the grandfather of Rawal
Samarsi, who was killed in opposing the final Muslim invasion, on the
Ghaggar, after one of the longest reigns in their annals: from which
we calculate that Tejsi must have sat on the throne about the year S.
1120 (A.D. 1064). [Tej Singh is mentioned in inscriptions of A.D.
1260, 1265, 1267 (Erskine ii. B. 10).] His youth and inexperience
would account for his acting subordinately to the Chauhan of Ajmer.
The name of Udayaditya further confirms the date, as will be mentioned
in the text. His date has been fully settled by various inscriptions
found by the author. (See _Transactions Royal Asiatic Society_, vol.
i. p. 223.)
Footnote 10.1.39:
This Tuar must have been one of the Delhi vassals, whose monarch was
of this race.
Footnote 10.1.40:
The Gaur was a celebrated tribe, and amongst the most illustrious of
the Chauhan feudatories; a branch until a few years ago held Sui-Supar
and about nine lakhs of territory. I have no doubt the Gaur appanage
was west of the Indus, and that this tribe on conversion became the
Ghor [?].
Footnote 10.1.41:
The Meo race of Mewat is well known; all are Muhammadans now.
Footnote 10.1.42:
The Mohils have been sufficiently discussed.
Footnote 10.1.43:
The Baloch was evidently Hindu at this time; and as I have repeatedly
said, of Jat or Gete origin.
Footnote 10.1.44:
‘The lord of Bamani,’ in other places called Bamanwasa, must apply to
the ancient Bahmanabad, or Dewal, on whose site the modern Tatta is
built. [See Smith, _EHI_, 103.]
Footnote 10.1.45:
See Annals of Jaisalmer.
Footnote 10.1.46:
All this evinces supremacy over the princes of this region: the Sodha,
the Samma, and Sumra.
Footnote 10.1.47:
Of Derawar we have spoken in the text.
Footnote 10.1.48:
Malanwas we know not.
Footnote 10.1.49:
The Moris, the Kachhwahas and Bargujars require no further notice.
[Antarved, the Ganges-Jumna Duāb.]
Footnote 10.1.50:
The Meras inhabited the Aravalli.
Footnote 10.1.51:
Takatpur is the modern Toda, near Tonk, where there are fine remains.
Footnote 10.1.52:
Udayaditya, now a landmark in Hindu history.
Footnote 10.1.53:
See Annals of Shaikhavati for the Nirwans, who held Khandela as a fief
of Ajmer.
Footnote 10.1.54:
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