fo rm s th e g ro u n d -w o rk o f th e m o d e rn H in d u sta n i, an d w h ich
is k n ow n b y th e a p p e lla tio n o f H in d i,.o r H in d ev i.
3.-—M ew a r.
M ew a r was lo n g th e p rin c ip a l sta te in R a ja s t’h an . I t
was M e d h y a -w a r, o r th e C e n tra l R e g io n . B e fo re th e r ile
o f th e M o h am m ed an k in g d om s o f M alw a a n d G u z e ra t, R a ja
s t ’h a n m a y h e said to h a v e in c lu d e d a ll th e co u n trie s
b etw een th e In d u s on th e W e s t an d th e le s se r S in d h , w h ic h
fa lls in to th e J um n a a t th e b o rd e r o f B d n d e lk h a n d tow a rd s
th e E a s t, a n d i t e x te n d e d from th e fe e t o f th e V in d h y a M o u n ta
in s o n th e so u th to th e S an d y D e s e rt, o r th e S u tle j,
tow a rd s th e n o rth . T h e g e o g ra p h ic a l fe a tu re s o f th is g r e a t
c o u n try , w h ic h c om p rise d n e a rly th e wesforn h a lf d f H in d
u s ta n , h a v e b e en a dm ira b ly d e sc rib ed b y C olonel Tod.
T h e situ a tio n o f th e c o u n try re n d e re d R a ja s t’h a n th e
m i li ta r y b u lw a rk o f In d ia a g a in s t th e jn v a d in g n a tio n s ffb h i
th e W e s t. I t was su c h from im m em o ria l tim e s, an d was
n e v e r th o ro u g h ly su b d u e d th o u g h o ften Overcome b y th e
g r e a te r n um b e rs a n d e sp e c ia lly b y th e m o re u n ite d pow ers
o f its a ss a ila n ts. To th e P e rs ia n D a riu s th e p ro v in c e s on
th e In d u s y ie ld ed a n n u a lly six hiuridred g o ld e n in g o ts," a
tr ib u te fa r ex c e ed in g th a t o f B a b y lo n a n d A ssy ria. I t was
d e riv e d , in M a jo r R e n n a ll’s o p in io n , from R a jp ü ta n a . T h e
p rin c e s o f th is c o u n try re s is te d th e in v a s io n o f A le x a n d e r,
a n d th e y a fte rw a rd s m a in ta in e d th e ir in d e p e n d e n c e fo r ages
a g a in s t th e M o g u l em p e ro rs o f H in d u s ta n . T h é p rin c e s
o f M ew a r a re th e firs t o f th e .fifty-six ro y a l h o uses o f
R a ja s t’h a n . T h e fo u n d e r o f th is d y n a sty was K e n e k se n
o r K a n y a k a se n a , wh o is su p p o sed ' to h av e m ig ra te d from
th e n o rth o f In d ia to S u fa s h tra in th e y e a r tw o h u n d re d
a n d one o f th e S am v a t e ra , a ch ro n o lo g ic a l p e rio d o f
R a ja s t’h a n . T h a t d a te c o rre sp o n d s w ith a .d . 145. In th e
fo u r th c e n tu ry th e c e le b ra te d B a la b h ip om e was fo u n d ed .
In th e e ig h th c e n tu ry G h e tto re , lo n g th e c a p ita l o f M ew a r,
was su b je c t to th e k in g o f O u je in , a su ccesso r o f th e fam
o u s C h a n d ra g u p ta , th e S a n d ra c o ttu s o f A rria n .
T h e s ta te s in to w h ich R a ja s t’h a n is now d iv id ed a re seven,
Mewar^dr O u d ip o u r, M a rw a r o r Jo d p o u r, B ik a n e r a n d
K ish e rig u rh , K o ta h arid B o u n d s com p rised u n d e r th e common,
d esig n a tio n Of H a rro u ti, A m b e r o r J e y p o u r , a n d th e
Desert: o f S in d h a lo n g f | e b a n k s o f th e In d u s .
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y , d h is tic a l iC l r o r i o ld g ^ f th e H indoo.s.
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th row n on th e W 9 D B | th e id en tific a tio n
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A f4Ct e q u a lly v a lir iS f e fo r t% o f In d ia n b is fo ry
is tie R& u r r e r i c ^ ^ t h e ’R B H B | H | t;he.: Sa“ 6
aiid im p o rta n t m th e
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Asoka ex te n d e d h is p t f # r th ro u g h g re a t p a r t o |,I n d i a , a
M H H H P B H H I W I sh a ll ob serv e, m m a n y m s c rip - .
lio n s fo u n d ■ H H H H H m d tw ta n . H e l i k ^ ,
whose re lig io n h e a d o p te d an d . p rom u lg a te ^ I n o rd e r t o
a p p re c ia te th e v a lu e ■ th e s e I W H I l i M l i M B ■
h is to ry o f In d ia , we m u s t a d v e rt to th e r | p l t s ;o f a% ex ami"
n a tio n o f the B u d d h istic a l an n a ls. ■ ^ _
Mr. Hodgsonr the-British » i d e n t m Nepal procured
some tim eXl * in t h a f c o u n try a n d in T ib e t a la rg e colle
c tio n o f th e sa c red b q o k s o f B u d d h is ts , n am e ly , six ty
vojumes, in .S a n sk r it, which S u p p o s e d * t o b e o rig in a l
comp o sitio n s, a n d tw o h u n d re d a n d fifty v o t a e s : o f T ib eta
n v e rsio n s from H ’lassa a n d D ip a rc h i. T |% e w o rk s
w e re illu s tra te d b y M r. H o d g so n h im s e lf m sev e ra l le a rn e d
m em o irs.* A c ritic a l a c c o u n t o f th e ir co n te n ts was d raw n
* Mr. m m and the Honourable Mr. Tumour, have d iffe red “ ■ * * *
original language of the Buddhistical scripture!*.,- The .former was ^ ’
1 that the Sanskrit copies found by him in NeP ^ . are k esala^lnd
written, as he 1 M in the metropolis of Buddhxsmyn Magadha, Kesala and
written aS j directly to the proximate hills