Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.s3.16

v2.c28.s3.16

With this gem, thus rudely torn from her diadem, the independence of Marwar from that hour has been insecure. She has struggled on, indeed, through a century of invasions, rebellions, and crimes, all originating, like the blank leaf on her annals, from the murder of Ajit. In the words of the Doric stanza of the hostile bards on this memorable chastisement :