Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s3.t1.49

v1.c20.s3.t1.49

Giro in the Aravalli, in the vicinity of the retreat of his great ancestor Bappa, ere he conquered Chitor. At the entrance of this valley, several years previous to this catastrophe, he had formed the lake, still called after him Udai Sagar, and he now raised a dyke between the mountains which dammed up another mountain stream. On the cluster of hills adjoining he raised the small palace called Nauchauki, around which edifices soon arose, and formed a city to which he gave his own name, Udaipur,¹ henceforth the capital of Mewar.