Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.5

v2.c29.5

Such expeditions as that of Bika, undertaken expressly for conquest, were almost [179] uniformly successful. The invaders set out with a determination to slay or be slain; and these forays had the additional stimulus of being “fated days,” when the warlike creed of the Rajputs made the abstraction of territory from foe or friend a matter of religious duty.