Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s3.186

v1.c20.s3.186

There is a sanctity in the very name of Chitor, which from the earliest times secured her defenders; and now, when threatened again by ‘the barbarian,’ such the inexplicable character of the Rajput, we find the heir of Surajmall abandoning his new capital of Deolia, to pour out the few drops which yet circulated in his veins in defence of the abode of his fathers.