Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . atIdar, this ungrateful noble had the audacity to disburse upwardsof £100,000 on the marriage of his own daughter. Such conductdetermined the royal mother to supplant the Chondawats, andcalling in the Saktawats to her aid, she invested with power thechiefs of Bhindar and Lawa. Aware, however, that their isolatedauthority was insufficient to withstand their rivals, they lookedabroad for support, and made an overture to Zalim Singh ofKotah, whose political and personal resentments to the Chonda- ^ The father
Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . atIdar, this ungrateful noble had the audacity to disburse upwardsof £100,000 on the marriage of his own daughter. Such conductdetermined the royal mother to supplant the Chondawats, andcalling in the Saktawats to her aid, she invested with power thechiefs of Bhindar and Lawa. Aware, however, that their isolatedauthority was insufficient to withstand their rivals, they lookedabroad for support, and made an overture to Zalim Singh ofKotah, whose political and personal resentments to the Chonda- ^ The father of Rawat Jawan Singh, whom I found at Udaipur as mihtaryminister, acting for his grand-uncle Ajit the organ of the Chondawats, whosehead, Padam Singh, was just emerging from his minority. It was absolutelynecessary to get to the very root of all these feuds, when as envoy andmediator I had to settle the disputes of half a century, and make each usefulto detect thoir joint usurpations of the crown domain. ^ She was the graudmother of Man Singh, a fine specimen of a
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