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
[In early Hindu times a similar performance of mock funereal rites
took place in the event of contumacious disregard of the rules of
caste (Barnett, _Antiquities of India_, 120).]
Footnote 10.4.19:
See p. 1463.
Footnote 10.4.20:
[In the island of Pāmban, Madura District, Madras (_IGI_, xxi. 173
ff.).]
Footnote 10.4.21:
[Sītakund, in Chittagong District, Bengal (_ibid._ xxiii. 50).]
Footnote 10.4.22:
[Jagannāth, not “a Moloch”: religious suicides under his car are
infrequent (Hunter, _Orissa_, i. 133 f.).]
Footnote 10.4.23:
[Krishna, at Dwārka.]
Footnote 10.4.24:
[Kāli, Pārvati, Māta, or Nāni, not Agnidevi, is worshipped at Hinglāj
(_IGI_, xiii. 142).]
Footnote 10.4.25:
[See Vol. II. p. 1170.]
Footnote 10.4.27:
[Perhaps the town of that name in the Sahāranpur District, United
Provinces.]
Footnote 10.4.28:
[_Sukhpāl_, “happiness-protecting,” a luxurious litter, like the
_sukhāsan_ or _mahādol_ (p. 1349).]
Footnote 10.4.29:
[For a full account of the disastrous retreat of Hon. Lieut.-Col.
William Monson see Mill, _Hist. of India_, vol. iii. (1817) 672 ff. He
was son of John, 2nd Baron Monson: born in 1760: went to India with
the 52nd Regiment in 1780. He shared in the attack on Seringapatam in
1792: in the Marātha war of 1803 commanded a brigade under Lord Lake:
led the storming party, and was seriously wounded at the capture of
Aligarh, 4th September 1803. After his famous retreat to Agra in 1804
he was again employed under Lord Lake in his campaign against Holkar:
was present at the battle of Dīg, 14th November 1804,and led the last
of the four assaults on Bharatpur in 1805. He returned to England in
1806, and was elected member for Lincoln. He died in December 1807.
(C. E. Buckland, _Dict. Indian Biography_, _s.v._).]
Footnote 10.4.30:
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