[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829) › v2.c29.5 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.5 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.5 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.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. - [Previous: v2.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c29.4) - [Next: v2.c29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c29.6) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c29.5) · Pramāṇa