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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
Mewār and were given a position by the lord of Delhi but afterwards returned to Mewār and thus
it is clear that God had created two places for Kshatriyas (viz., Delhi and Mewār). Then the Khāna
again asked the Bhaṭṭa as to how many horsemen the Rānā possessed. The Bhatṭa’s answer was
“ twenty thousand ” ; whereupon the Khāna said : “ Well, the lord of Dillī possesses one hundred
thousand horsemen. How then is there equality between the two ?”. The Bhaṭṭa answered that
the Creator had meant that the Rānā’s twenty thousand horsemen are equal to one hundred
thousand horsemen of the lord of Dillī. Thereafter the Khāna and Jayasiṁha had a talk with
each other, and it was settled that, if the Rānā’s son accompanied the Khāna and saw Shāhijahāṁ,
he (the Khāna) would see that the lord of Dillī (Sahijahāṁ) gave fourteen cities to the Rānā.[1]
Thus Madhusūdana rendered a loyal service to the Rānā. After considering how his priest’s
son had a conference with the son of the lord of Dillī, Rājasiṁha sent the Mahākumāra (the senior
prince) Sultānasiṁha along with a number of Ṭhakkuras in the company of Dārasakōha (Dārā
Shukoh) to meet Shāhjahān.
Rājasiṁha, who in respect of fortune, liberality and prowess was equal to Vikramāditya, gave
away in charity his mother Janādē’s weight in silver, and also redeemed himself of the pledge of an
elephant-gift by giving five hundred silver coins to Bhaṭṭa Madhusūdana.
He sent the vaiśya Rāghavadāsa to the fort of Maṇḍalagaḍha (Mandalgarh, 100 miles to the
north-east of Udaipur) and had the Rāṭhōḍa Rūpasiṁha[2] driven out of the fort.
In the year 1713 on the fullmoon day of Kārttika he performed the Brahmāṇḍaka gift at
the temple of Ēkaliṅga, according to the Vedic rituals. This gift of Rājasiṁha is praised by the
poet in vv. 32-36.
Rājasiṁha, thinking that it was not proper to perform an aśvamēdha sacrifice in the Kali age,
did the following in order to gain all the merit of that sacrifice : In the year 1713, on the 11th day of
the bright half of the month of Pausha, on the auspicious day of Manvādi, he gave away a white
horse, Nanala by name, along with a gold saddle, to his guru Madhusūdana.
After that the king Rājasiṁha went to Banaras along with his guru Madhusūdana and stayed
there (for a while).
Slab VIII ; Canto VII
In the year 1714, on the 10th day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha, the king (Rājasiṁha)
set out on his victorious expedition. Then follows the description of flags, cannons with cannon
balls (or guns with bullets), armour of the kings, etc. There is then a conventional enumeration of
different countries not only in India but even outside India represented as fearing danger from
Rājasiṁha, viz., Aṅga, Kaliṅga, Vaṅga, Utkala, Mithilā, Gauḍa, Pūrva (parts of U. P. and Bihar),
Laṁkā, Konkan, Karṇāṭa, Malaya (Malabar), Draviḍa, Chōḷa, Sētubandha (Rāmēśvara), Surāshṭra,
Kachchha, Taṭṭa (in Karachi Dist.), Valaka (Balkh), and Khaṁdhāra (Kandhāhār), etc. His
specific exploits, however, were as follows :
(1) Destruction by his solders of the city of Darībā.[3]
(2) A tribute of 22,000 rupees from the inhabitants of Maṇḍala (Māṇḍal in the former
Udaipur State).
(3) A similar tribute by the people of Vanahēḍā (Banarā, 5 miles east of Maṇḍal).
(4) A similar tribute from the people of Sāhipurā (former Shāpurā estate).
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[1] See above, p. 99, note 5.
[2] Ruler of Kishangarh who received the Jāgīr of Mandalgarh from Aurangzed (see Ojha, Vol. I, p. 536).
[3] Approximately 12 miles north-east of Kankroli Railway station.
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