The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.88

v4.c19.88

The death of Jasvant while serving with his contingent and captains in far-off Afghānistān had left his state without a head, and no opposition was offered to the vast and well-directed imperial armies that poured upon the land. In February, 1679, the emperor learnt that two of Jasvant's wives had given birth to two posthumous sons, but he was not to be moved from his policy by any claims of legitimate succession. Mārwār having been brought under control, he returned in peace of mind to Delhi (12 April), and on that very day imposed the *jizya* on the Hindus after more than a century of abeyance. A little later the throne of Mārwār was sold to Indra Singh, the servile chieftain of Nāgaur and a hereditary partisan of the Mughuls, but the Mughul administrators and generals in occupation of the country were retained there, as Indra Singh enjoyed no local support.