Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.149

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c7.s2.t1.149

Among the Rajputs, a special significance attached to the *dauna* or the custom of sending the dish from which a chief had partaken to somebody whom he chose to favour and honour. In Mewar, the custom of *dauna* was understood to determine or validate the legitimacy and the royal blood of a person who was thus favoured.²

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