Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.152

v2.c29.t2.152

The household troops consist of a battalion of foreign infantry, of five hundred men with five guns, and three squadrons of horse, about two hundred and fifty in number; all under foreign leaders. This is independent of the garrison of the capital, whose commandant is a Rajput of the Parihar tribe, who has twenty-five villages assigned for the payment of his troops.¹