Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t1.25

v2.c29.t1.25

Bīda conquers the Mohil Clan.—A variety of causes conspired to facilitate the formation of the State of Bikaner, and the reduction of the ancient Scythic simplicity of the Jat communities to Rajput feudal sway; and although the success of his brother Bida over the Mohils in some degree paved the way, his bloodless conquest could never have happened but for the presence of a vice which has dissolved all the republics of the world. The jealousy of the Johyas and Godaras, the two most powerful of the six Jat cantons, was the immediate motive to the propitiation of the "son of Jodha"; besides which, the communities found the band of Bida, which had extirpated the ancient Mohils when living with them in amity, most troublesome neighbours. Further, they were desirous to place between them and the Bhattis of Jaisalmer a more powerful barrier; and last, not least, they dreaded the hot valour and "thirst for land" which characterized Bika’s retainers, now contiguous to them at Janglu. For these weighty reasons, at a meeting of the "elders" of the Godaras, it was resolved to conciliate the Rathor.