1919.] Bardic and Histl. Survey of Rajputana. 63 
contemporary events were being compiled about a century ago. 
The subject of the extract is the accession of maharaja Ratana 
Singha of Bikaner in the year 1828 A.D., and a few incidents 
which took place immediately after it. It is a monotonous regis- 
ter of events, both important and trifling, recorded in chrono- 
logical order, one after the other, on the same day or very shortly 
after the day that they happened. Evidently, it is the work 
of an officer especially appointed by the Darbar to record, day 
for day, everything that was happening in Bikaner, from im- 
portant events such as the demise of a Maharaja and the arrival 
of an embassy from the East India Company, to such insignifi- 
cant and irrelevant occurrences as a feast given to brahmins 
Khyata. The account is, of course, quite accurate and reliable, 
as is to be expected from the fact that it is contemporary with 
the events described. 
(Extr,8:) We wesy gare 32 y Sheers! caafagst'd 
awa faatfat aearate? H a weet at ate Saar P Tee 
fawn fat ategqe 2 oat WR eras’ a’ araet TA 
armait Aufagia’ eae 2 fawn feat He Aerae a? ataet 
cafes) steg[x"] 2 fava feat We caqae a 
araat -efaget® fawn feat at ite waca a’ ataet 
satafagat > eqx 2 faaa feat ae fase stat 4 rect 
a amet SQarast araa’ ar wat a AB =refaget® 
qaaee a at ate crafagsht Fetee a atat We asta 
faget > qaee x aa He arafaget') seat a at 
AS ara ar’ aract feasts wt Re atorqge [ar] 
aq arnt aging ae dteraat 3 atratat 4 atzatat 4 
urfeat até asitat sane & Bt 4 fase ata a 
fracas att Te qafeat a seat’ a egfest frre 
at a faeces de atit wefaec weatfeat aqest 
lant, ” fae, 7 auate, °§ @’, * a7 throughout, 
tara, °° tT, 1 feera, 8 arnefeestt ° area. 
