50 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV, 
Now] when rava Jéta Si heard this phrase, he remarked: 
“Where [thy] Sister’s arrows fell, did [my] brethren’s! ar- 
rows not fall [as well] ? This much only came to his lips. And 
subsequently, in the year Samvat 1598, rava Mala De taking 
with himself [the two leaders] Kipo Mahirajota and Paficayana 
Sareea with an army of twenty thousand, fell upon 
Bikan 
We now step out of the marshes of tradition and legend 
on to the firm ground of history. _Here is an extract from a 
Singha I of Jodhpur, and raja Karana Singha of Bikaner.? 
The portion quoted refers to the Rathoras of Bikaner and con- 
tains the names of the heirs to the gaddi from rava Kalyana- 
Mala, son of Jéta Si (17th aeeceritibe from Siho), to rajas Raya 
Singha (18th generation), Dalapati Singha and Sira Singha 
(19th abe Grae and Karana Singha (20th generation), be- 
sides the names of the brothers of Karana sie the names 
quarter, contains no attempts to place ‘the Rulers of peed 
in an unfavourable light nor to minimize their merits. 
(Extr. 5 :) 
qoyurs® wea Raat B[°] usw! a are ate ¢ aH 
ARTE US TegAT Sf ual ate sta zersa Fat 
wal 4 ye aE Wee ae aife Ot are 3 ofa A 
mat af 3 ufsare °F ara | alo] edoo HEH 
at urfsare ate ade ask at as Sats qutst 
atfa® erat utters stuf art farie os’ 
jrermas gf Farfaat’ Ase AVA Ff Ferhat" | 
| QS Tey Feats ee Bat aparte 
aa me waa gat west wat aUMe Bat Wea qe 
: Le. Rathéra kinsmen 
2 MS. 18 of Deser. Cat. of Bard. and Histl, MSS. sect. i, pt. i. 
aur, # tf, 5a, sa@ifa, 7 wrt 
