1919.1 Bardie and Histl. Survey of Rajputana. 75 
the other hand say that Varajaga, the commander of the fort, 
had secretly plotted to open the gates to Viko, but he 
tinamalotas of Cadi, who first saw the forces of VikO approach- 
ing, ran to Jodhpur to give warning, and prevented the 
And afterwards all the Chiefs went to Varajaga and reproached 
him saying: ‘‘ What didst thou mean by calling Viko here 2,” 
to which he jocously replied: ‘ Ha! I only meant to amuse 
myself by stirring up the puppies of Jodho to fight with one 
another!” * From this last particular as well as from the 
statement that it was Varajaga who called Viké to Jodhpur, 
it is evident that Varajaga had been openly favouring the 
Jodhpur to side with the latter, it has been possible for the 
Jodhpur chronicler to represent him as a plotter and almost a 
traitor to his country. But could Varajaga, or any other 
sane man, have ever thought of supporting the election of 
Vik6 against the will of the other Chiefs, unless Viko had a 
claim as a legitimate heir, z.e. as the eldest of the living sons 
of Jodho, Jogo excluded ? 
That Siijo, the man who was appointed to succeed Satala, 
was not the legitimate heir, is implicitly admitted even by the 
Jodhpur Chronicles. For to justify the election of Sujo, the 
Chronicles produce the reason that Nard, a son of Sujo who 
had settled at Phalodhi.* had been adopted by Satala, and 
when the latter died, renounced his right to succeed him in favour 
abandoned the enterprise. The Bikaner Chronicles pipe his renuncia- 
tion to his rights as an act of magnanimity. They ay that Jasama De 
e 
from thirst, took pity on the conditions | of the besieged and raised the 
hrewragary at A 
belonging to rava }, 
to wit: an i eee of Naganaca (Naganeci), the kuladevi of the Ratho- 
ras, made nim-wood, and air of kettledrums (D.C., i, ii, 30, 
p. l5la). In "is later Chronicles the number of these heirlooms has 
been increased, the Chronicle ayala Dasa enumerating no Jess than 
thirteen (D.C., i, ii, 1, p. sols Cfr. also the kavitia quoted in D.C., ii, 
i, p. 26. 
1 OC, 52, p. 32a; D.C., i, i, 18, p..12b. 
> gal acaia vt ata Ff sae aS SASH @ aerarge az BTL 
eae B ces F Act AT aqenia aes Sat sirer u Fafcar werat a 
(Phalodhi MS.); a feaat acorn a agi aS gafeat fas at 
sistant hl So ftoue sierst a gata ecaat ef (cic) 
(0. 52, p. 32a). 
oe ** Progress Report etc.”’ for 1915 (Journ. As. Soc. of Be. (N.S.) 
xii, 1916). 
