. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . spot of some celebrity a fewcoss to the south of this, caUed Gayapur-Mahadeo, where there is acascade from a stream that falls into the Chambal, whose banks aresaid to be here upwards of six [742] hundred feet in height. Thereare few more remarkable spots in India than the course of the *river from Kotah to Bhainsror, where both the naturalist and thepainter might find ample employment. I sent scouts in all directions to seek for inscriptions ; some ofwhich are in an unknown character. One of the most in
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . spot of some celebrity a fewcoss to the south of this, caUed Gayapur-Mahadeo, where there is acascade from a stream that falls into the Chambal, whose banks aresaid to be here upwards of six [742] hundred feet in height. Thereare few more remarkable spots in India than the course of the *river from Kotah to Bhainsror, where both the naturalist and thepainter might find ample employment. I sent scouts in all directions to seek for inscriptions ; some ofwhich are in an unknown character. One of the most interesting,brought from Kanswa, of a Jat prince, has been given in the firstvolmne of this work.^ CHAPTER 14 Menal.—In February, I recommenced my march for Udaipur,and having halted a few days at Bundi, and found all there asmy heart could wish, I resumed the march across the Patar,determined to put into, execution my wish of visiting ten miles north, on this side of it, I halted at Bijolia, one * [Vol. II. p. 1)17. The name of the place is properly Kanaswa (IA, six-55).]. A^X1ENT COLUMNS IN THE MUKUNDDARA PASS. To face page 1796. MENAL: BIJOLIA 1797 of the principal fiefs of Mewar, held by a chief of the Pramartribe, with the title of Rao.^ This family, originally Raos ofJagner, near Bayana, came into Mewar in the time of the greatAmar Singh, with all his basai, upwards of two centuries ago ;the Rana having married the daughter of Rao Asoka, to whomhe assigned an estate worth five lakhs annually. I have elsewhere(Vol. I. p. 206) explained the meaning of a term which embracesbondage amongst its synonyms, though it is the hghtest speciesof slavery. Basai, or properly vast, means a settler, an in-habitant, from vas, a habitation, and vasna, to inhabit, butit does not distinguish between free settlers and compulsorylabourers ; but wheresoever the phrase is used in Rajwara, itmay be assurned to imply the latter. Still, strange to say, thecondition includes none of the
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