Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t2.5

v2.c27.s7.t2.5

The Mers are a branch of the Chitas, an important division of the Minas.² I shall elsewhere enter at large into the history of this race, which consists of as many branches as their conquerors, the Rajputs. All these wild races have the vanity to mingle their pedigree with that of their conquerors, though in doing so they stigmatize themselves. The Chita-Minas accordingly claim descent from a grandson of the last Chauhan emperor of Delhi. Anhul and Anup were the sons of Lakha, the nephew of the Chauhan king. The coco-nut was sent from Jaisalmer, offering princesses of that house in marriage: but an investigation into their maternal ancestry disclosed that they were the issue of a Mina concubine : and their birth being thus revealed, they became exiles from Ajmer, and associates with their maternal relatives.