Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t1.34

v2.c29.t1.34

In this simple transfer of the allegiance of this pastoral people we mark that instinctive love of liberty which accompanied the Getae in all places and all conditions of society, whether on the banks of the Oxus and the Jaxartes, or in the sandy desert of India; and although his political independence is now annihilated, he is still ready even to shed his blood if his Rajput master dare to infringe his inalienable right to his *bapota*, his paternal acres.