Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c19.s15: No. XV
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c19.s15
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No. XV
v1.c19.s15.1
Maharana Sangram Singh to the merchants and bankers of Bakrol.
v1.c19.s15.2
The custom of furnishing quilts (*sirak*)¹ of which you complain is of ancient date. Now when the collectors of duties, their officers, or those of the land revenue stop at Bakrol, the merchants will furnish them with beds and quilts. All other servants will be supplied by the other inhabitants.
v1.c19.s15.3
¹ ‘Defence against the cold weather’ (*si*). This in the ancient French régime came under the denomination of “Albergie ou Hébergement, un droit royal. Par exemple, ce ne fut qu'après le règne de Saint Louis, et moyennant finances, que les habitans de Paris et de Corbeil s'affranchirent, les premiers de fournir au roi et à sa suite de bons oreillers et d'excellens lits de plumes, tant qu'il séjournait dans leur ville, et les seconds de le régaler quand il passait par leur bourg.”
v1.c19.s15.4
Should the dam of the lake be in any way injured, whoever does not aid in its repair shall, as a punishment, feed one hundred and one Brahmans. Asarh 1715, or June A.D. 1659 [208].