Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s3.60

v3.c41.s3.60

Supremacy of Jaipur in Shaikhawati.—Thus recommenced the supremacy of Amber over the confederated Shaikhawats, which had been thrown off ever since the dispute regarding the colts of Amritsar, the ancient mark of homage, when ‘the sons of Shaikhji’ consisted only of a few hundred armed men. Shortly after this transaction, Jai Singh proceeded to the Ganges to fulfil certain rites upon an eclipse, and while performing his ablutions in the sacred stream, and the gifts for distribution to the priests being collected on the bank, he inquired “ who was present to receive dan that day ? ” The Kasli chief, spreading out the skirt of his garment, replied, he was an applicant. Such dan (gifts) being only given to mangtas, or mendicants, in which class they put priests, poets, and [400] the poor, the Raja asked, laughing, “ What is your desire, Thakur ? ” To which Dip Singh replied, that through his intercession the son of Fateh Singh might obtain his father’s share of Khandela; which request was complied with.