. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . ive hundred rupees of income. ANCIENT TOWNS 1439 Mora.—Nine coss east of Dausa or Daosa ; built by Chauhan Raja. Abhaner.—Three coss east of Lalsont ; very ancient ; capitalof a Chauhan sovereignty. Bangarh.—Five coss from Tholai ; the ruins of an ancienttown and castle in the hills, built by the old princes of Dhundhar,prior to the Kachhwahas. Amargarh.—Three coss from Kushalgarh; built by theNagvansa. Bairat/—^Three coss from Basai in Macheri, attributed to thePandus, Patan and Ganipur.—Both
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . ive hundred rupees of income. ANCIENT TOWNS 1439 Mora.—Nine coss east of Dausa or Daosa ; built by Chauhan Raja. Abhaner.—Three coss east of Lalsont ; very ancient ; capitalof a Chauhan sovereignty. Bangarh.—Five coss from Tholai ; the ruins of an ancienttown and castle in the hills, built by the old princes of Dhundhar,prior to the Kachhwahas. Amargarh.—Three coss from Kushalgarh; built by theNagvansa. Bairat/—^Three coss from Basai in Macheri, attributed to thePandus, Patan and Ganipur.—Both erected by the ancient Tuar kingsof Delhi. Kharar, or Khandar.—Near Ranthambhor. Utgir.—On the Chambal. Amber, or Ambikeswara, a title of Siva, whose symbol is inthe centre of a kund or tank in the middle of the old town. Thewater covers half the lingam ; and a prophecy prevails, thatwhen it is entirely submerged the State of Amber will perish !There are inscriptions [439]. 1 [Forty-two miles of Jaipur city, the ancient Vairata {IGI, ; ASB, ii. 242 ff.).]. l;ll( SIXOII, MAIIARAO OK JitJNDI. To face jMije 1441. BOOK X ANNALS OF HARAVATI BUNDI CHAPTER 1 Haravati.—Haravati, or Haraoti, the country of the Haras,comprehends two principalities, namely, Kotah and Chambal intersects the territory of the Hara race, and nowserves as their boundary, although only three centuries haveelapsed since the younger branch separated from and becameindependent of Bundi, The Hara is the most important of the twenty-four Chauhansakha, being descended from Anuraj, the son of Manik Rae, kingof Ajmer, who in S. 741 ( 685) sustained the first shock of theIslamite arms.^ The Origin of the Chauhans.—We have already sketched thepedigree of the Chauhans,^ one of the most illustrious of the Thirty-six Royal Races of India.^ We must, however, in this ^ [The name is said to be derived from that of the Hara Hunas or Huns(lA, xi. 5) or from Rao Hado
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