New History of the Marathas v1.c11.44

v1.c11.44

A letter dated 23rd August from some local official says, “ we have sent out orders to that effect to all the paraganas. To-day Manohardas Purohit and Nathurām report from Dausa that Parmānand Kavishwar had arrived there with two elephants, two camels, one horse, pack-bullocks, and forty runners. I have asked Manohardas to detain the poet and search the bullock packs thoroughly.” The next letter of 28 December says, “ Manohardas and Nathurām write to say Kavindra Kavishwar Parmānand of Shiva’s service had been detained here. Later on an order came from the Mirzā Rājā to release and keep him under guard where he is. We made inquiries and learned that he had gone to Udai intending to proceed to Benares. So on hearing this news, I sent off four horsemen and fifteen footmen after him that very day. They overtook him in Chandangaon in the Hindaun Paragana and brought him back on Wednesday December 26. He now says, “ I want to go to Delhi. Order me, therefore, what I should do with him. He carries much baggage.” There is no further news in the Jaipur letters about the poet Parmānand.