Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t4.40

v3.c42.s1.t4.40

Abdication of Mahārāo Ummed Singh.—In S. 1827 (A.D. 1771), the imposing ceremony of ‘Jugraj,’ which terminated the political existence of Ummeda, was performed. An image of the prince was made, and a pyre was erected, on which it was consumed. The hair and whiskers of Ajit, his successor, were taken off, and offered to the Manes ; lamentation and wailing were heard in the ranwas,² and the twelve days of matam, or ‘mourning,’ were passed as if Ummeda had really deceased ;³ on the expiration of which, the installation of his successor took place, when Ajit Singh was proclaimed prince of the Haras of Bundi.