Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.s1.t2.169

v2.c28.s1.t2.169

The Battle with Sarbuland.—Sarbuland’s plans of defence are minutely detailed. At each gate he posted two thousand men and five guns, “ manned by Europeans,” of whom he had a body of musketeers round his person. The cannonade had been kept up three days on both sides, in which the son of Sarbuland was killed. At length, Bakhta led the storm, when all the *ots* and *awats* performed prodigies of valour. The Champawat Kusal was the first to be carried to the “ immortal abode ”; but though “ the sun stood still to see the deeds of the son of Harnath ” we cannot particularize the bard’s catalogue of heroes transferred to Suryaloka ³ on this day, when the best blood of Rajputana was shed on the walls of Ahmadabad. Both the princely brothers had their share in “ the play of swords,” and each slew more than one leader of note. Amra, who had so often defended Ajmer, slew five chiefs of the grades of two and three thousand horse.