Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t2.17
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t2.17
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v1.c17.s2.t2.17
¹ His daughter's son. This is not the first or only instance of the Salic law of India being set aside. There are two in the history of the sovereigns of Anhilwara Patan. In all adoptions of this nature, when the child 'binds round his head the turban' of his adopted father, he is finally severed from the stock whence he had his birth. [For the early history of Delhi see Smith, *EHI*, 386 ff.]