Chapter 4

Altered conditions of the Princes of Marwar—Installation of
Raja Udai Singh—Not acknowledged by the most powerful
clans until the death of Chandarsen—Historical
retrospect—The three chief epochs of Marwar history, from
the conquest to its dependence on the empire—Order of
succession changed, with change of capital, in Mewar,
Amber, and Marwar—Branches to which the succession is
confined—Dangers of mistaking these—Examples—Jodha
regulates the fiefs—The eight great nobles of Marwar—These
regulations maintained by Maldeo, who added to the
secondary fiefs—Fiefs perpetuated in the elder
branches—The brothers and sons of Jodha—Various
descriptions of fiefs—Antiquity of the Rajput feudal
system—Akbar maintains it—Paternity of the Rajput
sovereigns not a fiction, as in Europe—The lowest Rajput
claims kindred with the sovereign—The name Udai Singh
fatal to Rajputana—Bestows his sister Jodh Bai on
Akbar—Advantages to the Rathors of this marriage—Numerous
progeny of Udai Singh—Establishes the fiefs of Govindgarh
and Pisangan—Kishangarh and Ratlam—Remarkable death of
Raja Udai Singh—Anecdotes—Issue of Udai Singh—Table of
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