Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s1.127

v3.c41.s1.127

Amongst the foibles of Jai Singh’s character was his partiality to ‘strong drink.’ What this beverage was, whether the juice of the madhu (mead), or the essence (arak) of rice, the traditional chronicles of Amber do not declare, though they mention frequent appeals from Jai Singh drunk, to Jai Singh sober ; one anecdote has already been related.²