Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c18.41

v1.c18.41

In Europe these customs were not introduced till the period of the Crusades, and were copied from the Saracens; while the use of them amongst the Rajput tribes can be traced to a period anterior to the war of Troy. In the Mahabharat, or great war, twelve hundred years before Christ, we find the hero Bhishma exulting over his trophy, the banner of Arjuna, its field adorned with the figure of the Indian Hanuman.² These emblems had a religious reference amongst the Hindus, and were taken from their mythology, the origin of all devices.