320 Lieut.-Colonel Tod on the Religious EsUiblislments of Mewar. 



state ; meek and unassuming till he added temporal' to spiritual power, which 

 developed iliimited pride, with all the qualities that too often wait on " a 

 little brief authority," and to the display of which he fell a victim. Damo- 

 DRA.t similarly circumstanced, might have evinced the same failings, and 

 have met the same end ; but though endeavours were made to give him 

 political influence at the Rana's court, yet, partly from his own good sense, 

 and partly thougli the dissuasion of the Nestor of Kotah, he was not entrained 

 in the vortex of its intrigues, which would have involved the sacrifice of 

 wealth and the proper dignity of his station. 



* ITie high priest of Jalindra-nat'h used to appear at the head of a cavalcade far more 

 numerous than any feudal lord of Marwar. A sketch of this personage will appear elsewhere. 

 These Brahmans were not a jot behind the ecclesiastical lords of the middle ages, who are thus 

 characterized : — " Les seigneurs ecclesiastiques, malgrO I'humilite chretienne ne se sont pas 

 " montres moins orgueilleux que les nobles laics. Le doyen du chapitre de Notre Dame du 

 " Port, a Clermont, pour montrer sa grande noblesse, officiail avec toute la pompe feodale. 

 " Etant a I'autel, il avail I'oiseausur la perclic gauche, et on portait devant lui la hallebarde ; on 

 " la lui portait aussi de la meme maniere pendant qu'on chantait I'evangile, et aux processions il 

 " avait lui-meme I'oiseau sur le poing, et il marchait a la tete de ses serviteurs, menant se$ 

 " chiens de chasse." — Diet, de I'Anc. Regime, p. 380. 



+ The first letter I received on reaching England after my long residence in India was from 

 this priest, filled with anxious expressions for my health, and speedy return to protect the 

 lands and sacred kine of Apollo. 



APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



Gratit of the RahUrre Rani, the Queen-Mother of Udipitr, on tlie death of her Son, the 

 ■j( Heir-Apparent, Prince Uura. j 



Sid Sbi Bukra* Rnhtor-ji to the Patels and inhabitants of Giroh. The four higahsoi 

 land, belono'in"' to the Jat Rogga, have been assigned to the Brahman Kishna on the 

 Anta Samya (final epoch) of Lalji.\ Let him possess the rents tJiereofX The dues for 



• The great Rahlore queen. There were two of this tribe ; she was the tiueen-mothcr. 

 f An endearing epithet, applied to children, from /ar/a, beloved. 

 t: t It is customary to call these grants to religious orders " grants of land," although they entitle only 

 u' the reots thereof) for there is no teizin of the land itself, as numerous inscriptions testify, and which. 



