Chapter 5

Separation of Kotah from Bundi—The Kotah Bhils—Madho Singh,
first prince of Kotah—Its division into fiefs—The
Madhani—Raja Mukund—Instance of devotion—He is slain with
four brothers—Jagat Singh—Pem Singh—Is deposed—Kishor
Singh—Is slain at Arcot—Law of primogeniture set aside—Ram
Singh—Is slain at Jajau—Bhim Singh—Chakarsen, king of the
Bhils—His power is annihilated by Raja Bhim—Umat
tribe—Origin of the claims of Kotah thereon—Raja Bhim
attacks the Nizamu-l-mulk, and is slain—Character of Raja
Bhim—His enmity to Bundi—Anecdote—Title of Maharao
bestowed on Raja Bhim—Rao Arjun—Civil contest for
succession—Shyam Singh slain—Maharao Durjansal—First
irruption of the Mahrattas—League against Kotah, which is
besieged—Defended by Himmat Singh Jhala—Zalim Singh
born—Siege raised—Kotah becomes tributary to the
Mahrattas—Death of Durjansal—His character—His hunting
expeditions—His queens—Bravery of the Jhala chief—Order of
succession restored—Maharao Ajit—Rao Chhattarsal—Madho
Singh of Amber claims supremacy over the Hara princes, and
invades Haraoti—Battle of Bhatwara—Zalim Singh Jhala—The
Haras gain a victory—Flight of the Amber army, and capture
of the ‘five-coloured banner’—Tributary claims on Kotah
renounced—Death of Chhattarsal 1521