Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s7.10

v1.c20.s7.10

political authority; and establishing as a counterpoise to natural advantages an artificial degradation of their rank, which placed them beneath the sixteen chief nobles of the State; which, while it exalted these in their own estimation, lessened the national humiliation, when the heirs-apparent were compelled to lead their quota in the arrière-ban of the empire.