Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s3.t1.52

v1.c20.s3.t1.52

Jagmall proclaimed Rāna.—In Mewar there is no interregnum: even the ceremony of matam (mourning) is held at the [330] house of the family priest while the palace is decked out for rejoicing. On the full moon of the spring month of Phalgun, while his brothers and the nobles attended the funeral pyre, Jagmall took possession of the throne in the infant capital, Udaipur: but even while the trumpets sounded, and the heralds called aloud “May the king live for ever!” a cabal was formed round the bier of his father.