Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t4.44

v2.c27.s7.t4.44

Brooding over this merited retort, he was guilty of another sarcasm, which closed the breach against all reconciliation. Seated one day in the garden of Mandor, he asked the same chief the name of a tree. " The champa," was the reply, " and the pride of the garden, as I am of your Rajputs." " Cut it down instantly," said the prince; " root it out; nothing which bears the name of champa shall exist in Marwar."