Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c18.s2.t1.53
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c18.s2.t1.53
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v1.c18.s2.t1.53
² When a Rajput is determined to hold out to the last in fighting, he always puts on a robe dyed in saffron. [This was the common practice, saffron being the colour of the bridal robe (Malcolm, Memoir of Central India, 2nd ed. i. 358; Grant Duff, Hist. of the Mahrattas, 317; Forbes, Rāsmālā, 408).]