Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t4.61

v3.c42.s1.t4.61

Death of Mahārāo Ajīt Singh.—Within the two months, the prophetic anathema was fulfilled; the Rao of the Haras was a corpse, exhibiting an awful example of divine vengeance: "the flesh dropped from his bones, and he expired, an object of loathing and of misery." Hitherto these feuds had been balanced by the *lex talionis*, or its substitutes, but this last remains unappeased, strengthening the belief that it was prompted from Mewar [500].