[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 65.19.3 # Storia do Mogor 65.19.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.19.3 - **Language:** English ### [65.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19.3) Rajah Jaswant Singh arrived in his country with only fifteen horsemen, all the rest from various accidents having quitted him. His wife, the daughter of the Rana, a Hindu king, was named Ranagi (Rani Ji). She had been informed of his defeat, of what had passed in the battle—with what valour he had fought, and how with the few men remaining he was unable to resist \[179\] the enemy any longer. But instead of sending a message to meet him and console him in his discomfiture, she at once ordered the gates of the fortress to be closed. This was at Udepor (Udepur), the chief town. He was not to be allowed to enter; and she added the contemptuous words: 'From this day he is no longer my husband, and I never want to see his face again. As a descendant of the great Rana, his soul should not have been thus vile; he ought to have recollected his connection with our illustrious house. His business was to gain the battle or die on the spot; then should I have acquired one of two glorious things—the renown of being a hero's wife, or an honoured widow's death by burning.' Her rage and passion were so extreme that she knew not what she was inventing or saying. She had conceived an idea that her husband had been killed in the battle, and that all they were telling her was only meant to prevent her burning herself \[as a sati\]. She issued orders for the preparation of the necessary materials for her death by fire, announcing that her husband was dead, for how could it be otherwise ? - [Previous: 65.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19.2) - [Next: 65.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19.4) - [Up: 65.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.19.3) · Pramāṇa