Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t5.56

v2.c27.s7.t5.56

Govindgarh.—November 30.—Govindgarh, distance three coss, or six miles. The roads generally good, though sometimes heavy; the soil of a lighter texture than yesterday. The castle and town of Govinda belong to a feudatory of the Jodha clan; its founder, Govind, was grandson to Udai le gros; or, as Akbar dubbed him, the “ Mota Raja,” from his great bulk. Of this clan is the chief of Khairwa, having sixteen townships in his fief: Banai, and Masuda, with its “ fifty-two townships,” both now in Ajmer; having for their present suzerain the “ Sarkar Company Bahadur ”; though in lapses they will still go to Jodhpur, to be made “ belted knights.” These places are beyond the range; but Pisangan, with its twelve villages; Bijathal, and other fiefs west of it, also in Ajmer, might at all events be restored to their ancient princes, which would be considered as a great boon. There would be local prepossessions to contend with, on the part of the British officers in charge of the district; but such objections must give way to views of general good.