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बुद्धि-विलास
The portion that deals with Jai Singh's march against Jodhpur, is merely part of an annexure to a 'gutka'. The first two works of this 'gutka' are dated V.S. 1726 (A.D. 1669), but the one in question carries neither date nor the name of the scribe. But, the script and the mode of writing put it close to the event. The whole of it has been reproduced below, and incidentally the present description is more elaborate than what Ojha and others have given in their histories.
According to this manuscript the event took place in V. S. 1797 (A.D. 1740). Jai Singh took fifteen days to reach Jodhpur and halted near Mandor. Abhay Singh refused to come in the open and agreed to purchase peace on conditions laid pown by Jai Singh i.e. war expenses and other levies. There is also a mention of the participants and the numerical strength behind them who had joined both Abhay Singh and Jai Singh. Abhay Singh though well set to risk a battle had prefered to surrender ultimately with the result that the Rathors felt highly humiliated. The Emperor had taken the side of Jaipur.
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संबत १७९७ का मीती सावरण बदी ८ नो श्री माहराजा सवाइ जैसंघजी जोधपुर वुपर चढा राजा अभैसंघ री हुकम पातसाह महमुक्साह का थे चढा सो रोज पदरा* मैं १५ जोधपुर जाइ लागा बरफ मडावर की डेरा जाइ कीया मुकाम १............अभैसजीtt स्यो राडा करबा सारी जमीत सेती राड़ी करबा नै असवार फोज चड़ गया तब त बीसटालो हुवो सो इ भात ठाहरी।
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