History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c49.s10.5

v3.c49.s10.5

The Rathor army before Akbar's defection was estimated at nearly 25,000 horsemen (K. K. ii. 263). When the prince rebelled he was joined by 30,000 Rajputs (K. K. ii. 265, Storia, ii. 245), or 25,000, according to Ishwardas, (81 b). To this body the Maharana contributed only *half* his armed strength (*Adab*, No. 756). The Rathor national militia is frequently computed in the Rajput annals at 'fifty thousand *talwar-i-Rathoran*,'—an indefinite expression,—more than double of the real number. The *Raj-vilas* counts the Mewar army as 25,000 strong.