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with them. Evidently, in such cases, all the particulars 
concerning the life of the persons in question had been for- 
gotten, except their names. 
The coming into existence of a Bhasa literature towards 
and their spirited panegyrical songs, which had the advantage 
of being understood and appreciated by everybody, gained a 
definite victory over the panegyrical poems in Saiskrit, which 
had never been very popular. The bhaitas of the pragastis 
gradually forgot their Sanskrit and took to compose in Bhasa, 
and the genealogical records which were formerly incised on 
stone, were thenceforth committed to paper.'!_ The precise time 
when pedigrees began to be put into writing is, of course, 
difficult if not impossible to determine, but in the case of the 
Rathoras it is certain that written genealogies of some kind 
' Pedigrees, of course, were also preserved by memory. E to 
day Rajputs and Jats in the desert know their pedigrees by he 
At Sirdargadh, west of Sur I was surprised to find ru hiyas 
o find 
citing to me their pedigrees in harsh Rathi from the name of their 
father back to a mythical Johiyé believed to be the progenitor of the 
Ex 
race. Their parrot-like recitation began :— SI@Sl Wg Sf Weal Tat ar 
=> . 
WT TT ST WUT FCS ST FLA AAT AT. .cte. 
? The position of the above names in the succession of the early 
Rathora Ravas, may be seen from the list which I give below: 1. Sihd 
> 2. Asathina > 3. Dhihara > 4. Raya Pala > 5. Kanha Rava 
> 6. Jalhana > 7. Chadd > 8. Tidd > 9. SalakhO > 10. Virama 
> 11. Cidd > 12. Rina Mala > 13. Jodhd > 14. Vike. 
