Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.75
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.75
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v1.c16.75
From Kumbhalmer to Ajmer the whole space is termed Merwāra, and is inhabited by the mountain race of Mer or Mair, the habits and history of which singular class will be hereafter related. The range averages from six to fifteen miles in breadth, in the east or west—the ancient stock of the Suryavans, the Heliadai of India, our ‘children of the sun,’ the princes of Mewar. [Ārāvalli probably means ‘Corner Line.’]