Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s2.t1.145

v3.c42.s2.t1.145

To conclude : his defensive was, in its results, the reverse of his offensive policy. Invariable and brilliant success accompanied the one ; defeat, disappointment, and great pecuniary sacrifices were the constant fruits of the other. Mewar eluded all his arts, and involved Kotah in embarrassments from which she will never recover, while his attempt to take Sheopur, the capital of the Gaurs, by a coup de main, was signally defeated. Had he succeeded in either attempt, and added the resources of these acquisitions to Kotah, doubtless his views would have been still more enlarged. At an early period of his career, an offer was made to him, by the celebrated Partap Singh of Jaipur, to undertake the duties of chief minister of that State : it is vain to speculate on what might have been the result to the State or himself, had he been able to wield her resources, at that time so little impaired.