. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . Pass,both of the lOiichi and Hara, and they point out the impressionof ]Meln:aj Khichis charger, as he sprang upon the Islamiteinvaders. There are many cenotaphs to the memory of the slain,and several small shrines to Siva and his consort, in one of whichI found an inscription not only recording the name of Mehraj,but the curious fact that four generations were present at theconsecration of one to Siva. It ran thus : In S. 1657 and Saka1522, in that particular year called Somya, the sun in the south,the
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . Pass,both of the lOiichi and Hara, and they point out the impressionof ]Meln:aj Khichis charger, as he sprang upon the Islamiteinvaders. There are many cenotaphs to the memory of the slain,and several small shrines to Siva and his consort, in one of whichI found an inscription not only recording the name of Mehraj,but the curious fact that four generations were present at theconsecration of one to Siva. It ran thus : In S. 1657 and Saka1522, in that particular year called Somya, the sun in the south,the season of cold, in the happy month Asoj, the dark half thereof,on Sunday, and the thirty-sixth ghari; in such a happy moment,the Ivhichi of Chauhan race, Maharaj Sri Rawat Narsinghdeo,and his son Sri Rawat Mehraj, and his son Sri Chandarsen, andhis son Kalyandas, erected this sivala (house of Siva) ; may theybe fortunate I Written by Jaya Sarman, and engxaved byKanmia, in the presence of the priest Kistna, the son of of Guman Hara.—We shall pass over the endless tales. ??>} ENTRANCE TO THE SANCTUARY OF A TEMPLE AT CHANDRAVATI. To face page 1792. THE HEROISM OF GUMAN HARA 1793 of the many heroes who fell in its defence, to the last of any note—Guman Singh, a descendant of Sawant Hara. The anecdote Iam about to insert relates to the time when Rao Durjansal wasprince of Kotah, and the post of Faujdar was held by a RathorRajput, Jai Singh of Gagorni. Through the influence of thisfaujdar, Guman was deprived of the honour of defending the pass,and his estate sequestrated. He was proceeding homeward witha heavy heart from the presence of his sovereign, when he met thefaujdar with his train [739]. It was dark, and a torch-bearerpreceded him, whom Guman dashed to the earth, and with hisiron lance transfixed the Rathor to his palki. Making for the gate,he said it was the Raos order that none should pass until hisreturn. As soon as he gained his estate, he proceeded
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