1917. j Bardic and Bistl. Survey of RajmUana. 247 



Bikaner chronicles are very deficient in particulars with regard 

 to the reign of Kalyana Mala, Probably the reason of this 



deficiency is that the last-mentioned rava had do opportunities 

 for distinguishing himself in any military exploit of some im- 

 portance, and the events that happened under his reign were 

 all of an ordinary kind. But silent though the chronicler ma\ 

 be in such cases, the bard is always wakeful, and looking, as he 

 does, to things through his magnifying glasses, he does not (lis 

 criminate between ordinary and extraordinary events. To him 

 all that tends to add to the merits and fame of his sovereign, is 

 equally important, and if the particular deed is but a small 

 one in itself, he has the power to magnify it a hundred times. 

 The expedition recorded in our song was probably of only e 

 secondary importance, perhaps a small punitive expedition 



against some BhatI raiders, but was successful, and this per- 

 mitted the Poet to exaggerate it poetically and represent the 

 Bhatis as utterly defeated and unable ever to recover from tlv 

 blow. Apparently, the expedition must have been chiefly 

 directed against Vikupma, which was possibly captured, and 

 its defenders pot to Hight. 



The g'lhi is found in MS. 21 (p. 406) of Descr. Gal. of Bar. 

 and Hist. MSS. ,Seot. ii. pt, i, and is attributed to Maharu Cago 



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