Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c1.32
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c1.32
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v1.c1.32
It will not, I trust, be deemed presumptuous in the Annalist of these gallant and long-oppressed races thus to solicit for them a full measure of Your Majesty's gracious patronage; in return for which, the Rajputs, making Your Majesty's enemies their own, would glory in assuming the "saffron robe," emblematic of death or victory, under the banner of that chivalry of which Your Majesty is the head.