Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.77

v1.c16.77

In vain does the eye search for any trace of wheel-carriage across this compound range from Idar to Ajmer; and it consequently well merits its appellation ara, ‘the barrier,’ for the strongest arm of modern warfare, artillery, would have to turn the chain by the north to avoid the impracticable descent to the west.¹