Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.237

v2.c28.237

Amra in the mansions of the sun.” The faithful band was cut to pieces; and his wife, the princess of Bundi, came in person and [46] carried away the dead body of Amra, with which she committed herself to the flames. The Bokhara gate by which they gained admission was built up, and henceforward known only as “Amra Singh’s gate”; and in proof of the strong impression made by this event,¹ it remained closed through centuries, until opened in 1809 by Capt. Geo. Steell, of the Bengal engineers.²