Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t2.13
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t2.13
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¹ [Durlabha Chaulukya of Gujarāt went on a pilgrimage and abdicated. "Such a resignation of royal state seems to have been a constant practice in ancient times, the Rājput princes esteeming a death in the holy land of Gaya as the safe passage to beatitude" (Forbes, *Rāsmāla*, 54). A defeated king was required to resign his throne (Elliot-Dowson ii. 27). See Frazer, *Golden Bough*, 3rd ed. Part iii. 148 ff.]