[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829) › v3.c43.65 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.65 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.65 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43.65) ¹ In my days of inexperience, when travelling through countries unknown, and desirous to take the first peasant I found as a guide, I have been amused by his announcing to me, before a question was put, “I am a Rajput,” as if in anticipation of the demand and a passport to respect; literally, “I am of royal descent”: a reflection which lends an air of dignity to all his actions, and distinguishes him from every other class. - [Previous: v3.c43.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43.64) - [Next: v3.c43.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43.66) - [Up: v3.c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c43.65) · Pramāṇa