1919.] Bardic and Histl. Survey of Rajputana. 31 
and is meant to illustrate the vamsavalis which, as pointed out 
above, were the first historical works to appear on the scene at 
about the time of Akbar. The present work is just referable 
to Akbar’s time, it having been composed either during the 
last years of the rule of rava Kalyana Mala of Bikaner, who 
died in Samvat 1630, or during the rule of his son and suc- 
cessor raja Rava Singha. It is written in an archaic form of 
Marwari, and contains an account of the principal events in 
the history of the Rathoras, from Siho, the conqueror of Pali, 
down to rava Kalyana Mala of Bikaner, mixed with pedigrees. 
It is therefore both descriptive and genealogical, on the whole 
a very uncouth composition, written in the plainest possible 
form, not without some charm of naiveté. I give below the. 
first part of the work from the beginning down to the death 
of Caddo. It will be noticed that i in the first lines the origin of 
the Rathoras is traced to Sthé who is Sag as an emi- 
grant from Kanauj and at ee same time as a contemporary 
e 
tradition current about Sihod in those tim A very interest- 
ing particular is that Dhadhala is snentioned as the elder son 
of Asathana, whereas in the later genealogies Dhihara is rep- 
resented as the elder and Dhadhala as the younger. Another 
pipe ies 2 particular is that concerning the murder of a son 
of Reni by the Caranas, which is related in the first page. 
vamsavalt was not composed by a Carana. e possess another 
later recension of this work which is apparently referable to a 
Carana,! and it is noteworthy that in s later recension 
while the narrative has been amplified by a addition of new 
particulars and the insertion of testimonial songs, the par- 
ticular of the Caranas murdering the son of Reni has been 
h 
possibly be a Bhata. 
(Extr. 1;) af stapetet aaas sat? one] Bs cfeat 
A 27: A 
we east 4 [sta Z]° erfeat @ fare orem alae 
atest ft cra @ aret glatet wars wat far ga FE 
faa ast’ g° ce ue AA we’ goa ate F facat 
arte ug faa rat aTeat aTet qerait arfeat we aT est 
7 FAs weate 4 Sy Afar 
1 MS. 30 of Op. cit. 
> Smt, 3 af, + ares, ° ae, 8 are. 
