Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.92

v3.c40.92

Water Production.—Throughout the Chauhan raj, or at least its most habitable portion, water is obtained at a moderate distance from the surface, the wells being from ten to twenty *pursas*,¹ or about sixty-five to a hundred and thirty feet in depth ; nothing, when compared with those in Dhat, sometimes near seven hundred. Besides wheat, on the Luni, the oil-plant (*til*), mung, moth, and other pulses, with *bajra*, are produced in sufficient quantities for internal consumption ; but plunder is the chief pursuit throughout this land, in which the lordly Chauhan and the Koli menial vie in dexterity. Wherever the soil is least calculated for agriculture, there is often abundance of fine pasture, especially for camels, which browse upon a variety of thorny shrubs. Sheep and goats are also in great numbers, and bullocks and horses of a very good description, which find a ready sale at the Tilwara fair.