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[Vol. XXX Mewar and were given a position by the lord of Delhi but afterwards returned to Mewăr and thus it is clear that God had created two places for Kshatriyas (viz., Delhi and Mewar). Then the Khina again asked the Bhatta as to how many horsemen the Rānā possessed. The Bhatta's answer was "twenty thousand "; whereupon the Khana said: "Well, the lord of Dilli possesses one hundred thousand horsemen. How then is there equality between the two ?". The Bhatta answered that the Creator had meant that the Rāna's twenty thousand horsemen are equal to one hundred thousand horsemen of the lord of Dilli. Thereafter the Khāna and Jayasimha had a talk with each other, and it was settled that, if the Räna's son accompanied the Khāna and saw Shāhijaham, he (the Khāna) would see that the lord of Dillī (Sahijaham) gave fourteen cities to the Rānā.
Thus Madhusūdana rendered a loyal service to the Ränä. After considering how his priest's son had a conference with the son of the lord of Dilli, Rājasimha sent the Mahākumāra (the senior prince) Sultānasimha along with a number of Thakkuras in the company of Dārasakoha (Dārs Shukoh) to meet Shahjahan.
Rājasimha, who in respect of fortune, liberality and prowess was equal to Vikramaditya, 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 Bhatta Madhusudana.
He sent the vaisya Rāghavadāsa to the fort of Mandalagadha (Mandalgarh, 100 miles to the north-east of Udaipur) and had the Rathoda Rūpasimha driven out of the fort.
In the year 1713 on the fullmoon day of Kārttika he performed the Brahmāndaka gift at the temple of Ekalinga, according to the Vedic rituals. This gift of Rajasimha is praised by the poet in vv. 32-36.
Rājasimha, thinking that it was not proper to perform an asvamëdha 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 Madhusudana.
After that the king Rājasisha went to Banaras along with his guru Madhusudana and stayed there (for a while).
Slab VIII ; Canto VII
In the year 1714, on the 10th day of the bright fortnight of Vaišākha, the king (Rājasimha) 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 Rājasimha, viz., Anga, Kalinga, Vanga, Utkala, Mithila, Gauda, Purva (parts of U. P. and Bihar), Lamkā, Konkan, Karnāta, Malaya (Malabar), Dravida, Chōļa, Sētubandha (Rāmēsvara), Surashtra, Kachchha, Tatta (in Karachi Dist.), Valaka (Balkh), and Khamdhāra (Kandhāhär), etc. His specific exploits, however, were as follows:
(1) Destruction by his soldiers of the city of Ddrībā. (2) A tribute of 22,000 rupees from the inhabitants of Mandala (Māņdal in the former
Udaipur State). (3) A similar tribute by the people of Vanahēdā (Banara, 5 miles east of Mandal).
(4) A similar tribute from the people of Sāhipură (former Shāpuri estate). 1 See above, p. 99, note 5. *Ruler of Kishangarh who received the Jägfr of Mandalgarh from Aurangzeb (see Ojha, Vol. I, p. 536). • Approximately 12 miles north-east of Kankroli Railway station,
