202 B. Bandyopadhyaya—Hamir Rasa, [No. 3, 
the capsules of the poppy) ten thousand, and that of powder nine lacs. 
Heaps upon heaps of salt are piled like hills. There are different stores for 
camphor, musk, saffron, spices, ¢¢a7, oil, iron and lead.” 
E’mperor.—* How does Hamir rule over his dj ? Describe his morals 
and ways of government.” 
Herald.—* In the character of Hamir are combined the highest qua- 
lities of a king with those of a moral man. As a king, he isa great lover of 
justice ; merciful to his subjects, affable to the virtuous, charitable and bene- 
volent to the poor. No tax is levied in his states. His people, 6,710,000 
in number, live in peace and prosperity. As a moralist, he is strict in the 
performance of all the austerities of his religion, with unflinching courage, 
bold decision of character, and total disregard for his life, when it stands 
between himand his promise. He abstains from flesh and wine, tolerates 
no Muhammadan forms of worship, neither bdng (call to prayer) nor mmdz 
(prayers). He has pulled down all the mosques in his territory and erect- 
ed temples in their stead, whose walls resound with prayers offered up to 
Hari. The hymns of the god are chanted, and his words read over the 
length and breadth of his dominion. The Koran can never be pronounced 
there. No man can jest with a woman other than his wife. The son pays 
the greatest possible respect to the father, talking with his face down all the 
while. A woman who proves false to her husband is punished with death. 
EXmperor.—« Tell me in brief the charity of Hamir.” 
Herald.— Five mohars, each weighing 5 tolas, and 12 cows with their 
calves are given every morning at sunrise to pious Brahmans, who are daily 
fed in the palace. 107 maunds of khitchari (cooked rice and dal) are 
daily distributed among disabled men, and 12 maunds of grain are scattered 
to be picked up by birds.” 
Emperor.—* Tell me the character of his queen.” 
Herald.—“ His queen Aga is the perfect pattern of chastity and is 
always engaged in doing her duties as a wife. As a mother she is a Suniti 
of her age, and is very kind to her subjects. Hamir has a prince and a prin- 
cess both unequalled in beauty. The sun stops in his airy path to geta 
glimpse of their royal persons, and flies buzz about their mouths as they do 
about a sweet-scented flower. In brief, mighty monarch, both the Rao and 
his wife hold under their bodies and devote their minds to things of a 
transcendental nature, deep abstractions of philosophy and mental discipline. 
The great Chohan prefers the substantial to the unsubstantial, the lasting 
to the frail and evanescent. Asa true Raéjptit, he does not lack physical 
courage : brave and firm like a rock, he never shows his back to his enemies. 
His subjects are all happy because of the virtues of their ruler. The 
young as well as the old, the rich as well as the poor, the able as well as the 
disabled, all find in him their affectionate friend,” 
