Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s2.1

v1.c20.s2.1

Samarsi, Samar Singh.—Having established Bappa on the throne of Chitor S. 784 (A.D. 728), we will proceed to glean from the annals, from the period of his departure for Iran, S. 820 (A.D. 764) to another halting point—the reign of Samarsi, S. 1249 (A.D. 1193) ; ⁴ an important epoch, not only in the history of Mewar, but to the whole Hindu race ; when the diadem of sovereignty was torn from the brow of the Hindu to adorn that of the Tatar. We shall not, however, overleap the four intervening centuries, though we may not be able to fill up the reigns of the eighteen princes ⁵ whose “ banner at this time was a golden sun on a crimson field,” ⁶ and several of whose names yet live recorded “ with an iron pen on the rock ” of their native abodes.