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 disguised Hara broke his vessel on the head of Kesar Khan. This
was the signal for action: the Rajputs drew their swords from beneath
their _ghaghras_ (petticoats), and the bodies of Kesar and his gang
strewed the terrace. The _masjid_ of Kesar Khan still exists within
the walls. Bhonang was succeeded by his son Dungarsi, whom Rao
Surajmall dispossessed and added Kotah to Bundi.
Footnote 10.2.6:
[About 60 miles S.W. of Ajmer city.]
Footnote 10.2.7:
“Poor dumb mouths.”
Footnote 10.2.8:
[‘Lord of the Hindu,’ a title assumed by the Rānas of Mewār.]
Footnote 10.2.9:
[This was probably, as in the cases of Dhār and Amber, a form of
sympathetic magic to ensure the capture of Būndi.]
Footnote 10.2.10:
Somewhat akin to this incident is the history of that summer abode of
kings of France in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris, called “Madrid.”
When Francis I. was allowed to return to his capital, he pledged his
parole that he would return to Madrid. But the delights of liberty and
Paris were too much for honour; and while he wavered, a hint was
thrown out similar to that suggested to the Rana when determined to
capture Bundi. A mock Madrid arose in the Bois de Boulogne, to which
Francis retired.
Footnote 10.2.11:
Jabdu had three sons: each founded clans. The eldest, Bacha, had two
sons, Sewaji and Seranji. The former had Meoji, the latter had Sawant,
whose descendants are styled Meo and Sawant Haras.
Footnote 10.2.12:
[There was a great drought in Hindustān about A.D. 1491 (Balfour,
_Cyclopaedia of India_, i. 1072).]
Footnote 10.2.13:
[_Langar_ means ‘an anchor,’ then ‘a distribution of food to the
poor.’ The most famous instance is that at Haidarābād
(Bilgrami-Willmott, _Sketch of H.H. The Nizam’s Dominions_, ii. 875
ff.). The _googri_ of the original text is possibly _gagari_, ‘a
little pot.’]
Footnote 10.2.14:
Though called a pillar, it is a slab in the staircase of the old
palace, which I have seen.
Footnote 10.2.15:
The copper coin of Bundi, equal to a halfpenny. One pice weight is a
common dose for an ordinary Rajput, but would send the uninitiated to
eternal sleep. [According to Cheevers (_Medical Jurisprudence in
India_, 227) in Bengal some wretches eat as much as a rupee weight,
180 grains, of pure opium daily. If his pice was anything like the
weight of that of the East India Company (100 grains), the dose of
Nārāyandās must have been enormous.]
Footnote 10.2.16:
Wife or daughter of a _teli_, or oilman.
Footnote 10.2.17:
[Rāna Rāēmall’s opponent is said to have been Ghayāsu-d-dīn of Mālwa
(A.D. 1469-99): but he is reported to have been a debauchee who never
left his palace (_BG_, i. Part i. 362 ff.).]
Footnote 10.2.18:
[Ketu, the demon who causes eclipses; Kāmdeo, god of love.]
Footnote 10.2.19:
[Deathland, the realm of Indra.]
Footnote 10.2.20:
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