[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.c30.t2.136 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.136 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.136 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.t2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.136) ³ There never was anything so degrading to royalty as the selfish protection guaranteed to it by this Lycurgus of the Hindus, who says, “Against misfortune, let him preserve his wealth; at the expense of his wealth, let him preserve his wife; but let him at all events preserve himself, even at the hazard of his wife and riches.”—Manu, \*Laws\*, vii. 213. The entire history of the Rajputs shows they do not pay much attention to such unmanly maxims. - [Previous: v2.c30.t2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.135) - [Next: v2.c30.t2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.137) - [Up: v2.c30.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.213) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.136) · Pramāṇa