Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s6.17

v1.c20.s6.17

in Udaipur. In this asylum he remained undisturbed : apartments in the palace were assigned to him ; but his followers little respecting Rajput prejudices, the island became his residence, on which a sumptuous edifice was raised, adorned with a lofty dome crowned with the crescent. The interior was decorated with mosaic, in onyx, cornelian, jaspers, and agates, rich Turkey carpets, etc. ; and that nothing of state might be wanting to the royal refugee, a throne was sculptured from a single block of serpentine, supported by quadriform female Caryatidae. In the court a little chapel was erected to the Muhammadan saint Madar,¹ and here the prince with his court resided, every wish anticipated, till a short time before his father's death, when he retired into Persia.²