Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s1.109

v3.c41.s1.109

Whatever opinion the moralist may attach to this specimen of ‘the hundred and nine gun’ of the royal astronomer of Amber, which might rather be styled guna² (vice) than gun (virtue), no one will deny that it was done in a most masterly manner, and where chal or stratagem is a necessary expedient, did honour to the talents of Jai Singh and the Nazir, who alone, says the narrative, were accessory to the plot. In this instance, moreover, it was perfectly justifiable; for with the means and influence of the wazir to support him, Bijai Singh must, sooner or later, have supplanted his brother. The fate of Bijai Singh is not stated.