“At this time, Brother Man Singh, I bestow upon thee, of my own free will, the village and lands of Jethpura. This donative shall not look to ranrkas: suput, kuput:[[13]] your issue shall enjoy them. Of this intention I call the four-armed divinity (Chaturbhuj)[[14]] as witness. You are my own child (chhora): wherever and whenever I order, you will do my service: if you fail, the fault be on your own head.”
Case of Mān Singh.
A Foray of the Bhīls.
An Ordeal by Oath.
[1]. [Part of the water-shed of Central India, dividing the drainage into the Bay of Bengal from that of the Gulf of Cambay.]
[3]. Lalji’s issue:
| Sangram. | ───── | Sheo Singh. | ───── | Surthan Singh | |
| │ | │ | │ | |||
| His children massacred | Jai Singh. | Nahar Singh. | |||
| at Sheogarh. | │ | ||||
| Man Singh. | |||||
[4]. 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.