Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c5: Chapter 1
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c5
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Chapter 1
v1.c5.1
Origin of the Guhilot princes of Mewar—Authorities—Kanaksen the founder of the present dynasty—His descent from Rama—He emigrates to Saurashtra—Valabhipura—Its sack and destruction by the Huns or Parthians . . . . . 247
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Birth of Goha—He acquires Idar—Derivation of the term “Guhilot”—Birth of Bappa—Early religion of the Guhilots—Bappa’s history—Oghana Panarwa—Bappa’s initiation into the worship of Siva—He gains possession of Chitor—Remarkable end of Bappa—Four epochs established, from the second to the eleventh century . . . . . 258
v1.c5.4
Alleged Persian extraction of the Ranas of Mewar—Authorities for it—Implied descent of the Ranas from a Christian princess of Byzantium—The Author’s reflections upon these points . 271
v1.c5.5
Intervening sovereigns between Bappa and Samarsi—Bappa’s descendants—Irruptions of the Arabians into India—Catalogue of Hindu princes who defended Chitor . 281