Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.89
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.89
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³ [Pāli, 45 miles S.S.E. of Jodhpur city. The Pāliwāls have some remarkable customs; they do not observe the Rākhi festival because of a tradition that on the day the town was sacked by Shihābu-d-dīn, the sacred cords of the men slain and the bangles of those women who immolated themselves weighed respectively 9 and 84 maunds. Compare the story of Chitor (Vol. I. p. 383) (Census Report, Mārwār, 1891, ii. 79).]