[27]. [Laws, iii. 31.]
[28]. [For the Pāliwāl Brāhmans see J. Wilson, Indian Caste, ii. 119; Census Report, Mārwār, 1891, ii. 79 f.]
[29]. [See Census Report, Mārwār, 1891, ii. 61 ff.]
[30]. [The Mahārāvali palace, the top of which is 987 feet above sea-level, surmounts the main entrance of the fort, and is “an imposing pile crowned by a huge umbrella of metal, a solid emblem of dignity of which the Bhatti chiefs are justly proud; but the interior is ill-arranged, and space is frittered away in numberless small apartments” (Erskine iii. A. 38).]
[31]. It has been reported that the dagger has since rid the land of its tyrant. The means matter little, if the end is accomplished. Even assassination loses much of its odious character when resorted to for such a purpose. [Gaj Singh died in his bed in 1846.]
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