Chapter I

Designations given by Europeans to the principalities of
Rajputana—Dhundhar known by the name of its capitals,
Amber or Jaipur—The country of the Kachhwahas an aggregate
of conquests by the race so called—Etymology of
Dhundhar—Origin of the Kachhwahas—Raja Nal founds
Narwar—Dhola Rae expelled, and founds Dhundhar—Romantic
legend of Dhola Rae—His treachery to his benefactor, the
Mina lord of Khoganw—Marries a daughter of a Bargujar
chief, and becomes his heir—Augments his territories, and
transfers his government to Ramgarh—Marries a daughter of
the prince of Ajmer—Is killed in battle with the Minas—His
son Kankhal conquers Dhundhar—Medal Rae conquers Amber,
and other places—Conquests of Hundeo—Of Kuntal—Accession
of Pajun—Reflections on the aboriginal tribes at this
period—The Mina race—Pajun marries the sister of Prithiraj
of Delhi—His military prowess—Is killed at the rape of the
princess of Kanauj—Malesi succeeds—His
successors—Prithiraj creates the Barah-kothris, or twelve
great fiefs of Amber—He is assassinated—Baharmall—The
first to wait on the Muhammadan power—Bhagwandas the first
Rajput to give a daughter to the imperial house—His
daughter marries Jahangir, and gives birth to
Khusru—Accession to Man Singh—His power, intrigues, and
death—Rao Bhao—Maha—Mirza Raja Jai Singh, brother of Raja
Man, succeeds—Repairs the disgraces of his two
predecessors, and renders immense services to the
empire—Is poisoned by his son—Ram Singh—Bishan Singh 1327

CHAPTER 2

Sawai Jai Singh succeeds—Joins the party of Azam Shah—Amber
sequestrated—Jai Singh expels the imperial garrison—His
character—His astronomical knowledge—His conduct during
the troubles of the empire—Anecdote illustrative of the
evils of polygamy—Limits of the raj of Amber at the
accession of Jai Singh—The new city of Jaipur—Conquest of
Rajor and Deoti—Incidents illustrative of Rajput
character—Jai Singh’s habit of inebriation—The virtues of
his character—Contemplates the rite of
Aswamedha—Dispersion of his valuable manuscripts—His
death—Some of his wives and concubines become Satis on his
pyre 1341

CHAPTER 3

The Rajput league—Aggrandizement of Amber—Isari Singh
succeeds—Intestine troubles produced by polygamy—Madho
Singh—The Jats—Their Rajas—Violation of the Amber
territory by the Jats—Battle—Rise of Macheri—Decline of
the Kachhwaha power after the death of Madho Singh—Prithi
Singh—Partap Singh—Intrigues at his court—The stratagems
of Khushhaliram, and the Macheri chief—Death of Firoz the
Filban, paramour of the Patrani—Broils with the
Mahrattas—Partap attains majority, and gains the victory
of Tonga—His difficulties—Exactions of the Mahrattas—Jagat
Singh—His follies and despicable character—Makes Raskapur,
his concubine, queen of half Amber—Project to depose him
prevented by a timely sacrifice—Mohan Singh elected his
successor 1356

CHAPTER 4

Jaipur the last of the Rajput States to embrace the
proffered alliance of the British—Procrastination habitual
to the Rajputs, as to all Asiatics—Motives and
considerations which influenced the Jaipur court in
declining our alliance—A treaty concluded—Death of Jagat
Singh—Effects of our interference in the intrigues
respecting the succession—Law of primogeniture—The evils
attending an ignorance of Rajput customs—Violation of the
law of succession in the placing of Mohan Singh on the
_gaddi_—Reasons for departing from the rule of
succession—Conduct of the British authorities—The title of
Mohan Singh disputed by the legal heir-presumptive—Dilemma
of the Nazir and his faction—The threatened disorders
prevented by the unexpected pregnancy of one of the queens
of Jagat Singh—Birth of a posthumous son 1366

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