Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.25

v1.c16.25

In 1807, the army having undertaken the siege of Rahatgarh, I determined to avail myself of the time which Mahrattas waste in such a process, and to pursue my favourite project. With a small guard I determined to push through untrodden fields, by the banks of the Betwa to Chanderi, and in its latitude proceed in a westerly direction towards Kotah, trace the course once more of all those streams from the south, and the points of junction of the most important (the Kali Sind, Parbati, and Banas) with the Chambal; and having effected this, continue my journey to Agra. This I accomplished in times very different from the present, being often obliged to strike my tents and march at midnight, and more than once the object of plunder.¹ The chief points in this route were Khimlasa, Rajwara, Kotra on the Betwa, Kanyadana,² Buradungar,³ Shahabad, Barah,⁴ Puleta,⁵ Baroda, Sheopur, Pali,⁶ Ranthambhor, Karauli, Sri Mathura, and Agra.