Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s4.t2.9

v2.c27.s4.t2.9

³ The custom of engraving incantations on weapons is also from the East, and thence adopted by the Muhammadan, as well as the use of phylacteries. The name of the goddess guarding the tribe is often inscribed, and I have had an entire copy of the Bhagavadgita taken from the turban of a Rajput killed in action: in like manner the Muhammadans place therein the Koran.