[20]. [For the capture of Jodhpur, “the strongest fort in that country,” by Husain Kuli Khān see Akbarnāma, ii. 305.]
[21]. [See Āīn, i. 429 f. Erskine (iii. A. 587) suggests that Mota means ‘good, potent’.]
[22]. It was fought with a certain number on each side, Rathors against Deoras, a branch of the Chauhans, the two bravest of all the Rajput races. It reminds us of some of the duels related by Froissart.
CHAPTER 4
Vassalage of Mārwār to the Mughals.
Rāo Udai Singh, A.D. 1581-95.
Before we proceed to trace the course pursued by Udai Singh, who was seated upon the cushion of Maldeo in S. 1640 (A.D. 1584), let us cast a short retrospect over the annals of Maru, since the migration of the grandson of the potentate of Kanauj, which, compared with the ample page of western history, present little more than a chronicle of hard names, though not destitute of facts interesting to political science.