Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.205
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.205
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¹ [The wild ass (Equus hemionus) seems to have almost entirely disappeared in Jaisalmer. It is seldom seen in Mārwār, and no specimen has appeared in Bikaner for many years (Erskine iii. A. 7, 50, 311; Blanford, Mammalia of India, 470 f.). Herodotus (vii. 86) says that the Indian chariots in the army of Xerxes were drawn by horses or wild asses.]