Chapter 7

Bagh Singh opposes the faithless court of Amber—He is joined
by the celebrated George Thomas—Desperate action—Bagh
Singh placed in the fortified palace at Khandela—His
garrison, with his brother, slain by Hanwant Singh, son of
Partap—Bagh regains the palace—The lands of Khandela
farmed by Amber to two Brahmans—They are expelled by the
feudatory Barwatias, who resist the court—They become a
banditti—Sangram Singh, cousin to Partap, their leader—He
avoids the treachery of the court—His death—The
confederacy unite in the league against Jodhpur—New treaty
with the Amber court—Liberation of Partap and
Narsingh—Grand union of the Shaikhawats—Abhai Singh
succeeds in Khandela—Treachery of the court—Hanwant
regains Govindgarh, Khandela, etc.—Restoration of
Khushhaliram to the ministry of Jaipur—New investitures
granted to the feudatories of Khandela—Abhai and Partap
inducted into their ancestral abodes—Incident illustrative
of the defects of the Rajput feudal system—Khandela
assailed by Lachhman Singh, chief of Sikar—Gallant defence
of Hanwant—His death—Surrender of Khandela to Lachhman
Singh—The co-heirs exiled—Power and influence of Lachhman
Singh—Foils the designs of the Purohit—Present attitude of
Lachhman Singh—Subordinate branches of the Shaikhawats—The
Sadhanis—Their territories wrested from the Kaimkhanis and
Rajputs—The Khetri branch of the family of Sadhu attains
superiority—Bagh Singh of Khetri murders his own son—The
Larkhanis—Revenues of Shaikhavati 1408

CHAPTER 8

Reflections—Statistics of
Amber—Boundaries—Extent—Population—Number of
townships—Classification of
inhabitants—Soil—Husbandry—Products—Revenues—Foreign
army—The feudal levies 1428

BOOK X

ANNALS OF HARAVATI

BUNDI

CHAPTER 1

Haravati defined—Fabulous origin of the Agnikula races—Mount
Abu—The Chauhans obtain Mahishmati, Golkonda, and the
Konkan—Found Ajmer—Ajaipal—Manika Rae—First Islamite
invasion—Ajmer taken—Sambhar founded; its salt
lake—Offspring of Manik Rae—Establishments in
Rajputana—Contests with the Muhammadans—Bilandeo of Ajmer;
Guga Chauhan of Mahra; both slain by Mahmud—Bisaldeo
Generalissimo of the Rajput nations; his period fixed; his
column at Delhi; his alliances—Origin of the Hara
tribe—Anuraj obtains Asi—Dispossessed—Ishtpal obtains
Asir—Rao Hamir—Rao Chand slain—Asir, Alau-d-din—Prince
Rainsi escapes to Chitor; settles at Bhainsror, in
Mewar—His son Kolan declared lord of the Pathar 1441