Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s6.30

v2.c27.s6.30

¹ Ferishta in his history [ii. 217 ff.] gives an animated picture of Durgavati, queen of Garha, defending the rights of her infant son against Akbar’s ambition. Like another Boadicea, she headed her army, and fought a desperate battle with Asaf Khan, in which she was wounded and defeated ; but scorning flight, or to survive the loss of independence, she, like the antique Roman in such a predicament, slew herself on the field of battle. [For Durgāvati see Badaoni, trans. W. H. Lowe, ii. 65 ; Elliot-Dowson v. 169, 288, vi. 118 ff. ; Sleeman, Rambles, 190 f.]