118 C. A. Silberrad— History of Western Bundelkhand. [No. 2, 
Naru Shankar, who defeated the Rnja and overthrew his kingdom. 
At that time the total revenue was Rs. 24,54,264. One-third of the 
territory including the seven parganas of Pachhor, Karhara, Moth, 
Garotha, Garwai, 1 Mau, and Jhansi, was annexed by the Marhattas. 
Tlie revenue of the ceded portions amounted to eight lakhs. The 
Marhattas made Jhansi the head-quarters of the territory and Sheo 
Rao Bhao was apppointed Governor. The Sanyasis 2 * were totally 
overthrown. Sanwant Singh ruled for eight years over the remaining 
part of his kingdom, aud then died without heirs. His widow s adopted 
Hati Singh, a grandson of Aghota Singh. In 1767 a quarrel occurred 
between Hati Singh and the Rani. The army and the ministers siding 
with the Rani, Hati Singh fled to Datia, where Indarjlt received him 
with respect and gave him a handsome allowance. The Rani after 
taking Tehri, adopted Pajan Singh the son of Lachman Singh; but in 
1772 quarrelled with him also, and Pajan Singh went to Tehri and 
lived there for one year and a half, while the Rani continued to rule 
the country. In 1774 disgusted with this world, Pajan Singh re¬ 
tired to Chitrakot, and devoted himself to religious exercises. The 
Rani in the same year then installed Man Singh the son of Am- 
resh of Mohangarh. 4 These continual changes in the selection of a 
ruler gave Vislin Singh 5 the opportunity to annex Amra 6 and 
other villages yielding a total revenue of one lakh. The Rani 
quarrelled with Alan Singh as she had done with his predecessors; and 
he retired to Raj gar h. In 1775 Kunwar Bhartichand, the great 
grandson of Aghota Singh, was adopted. After ruling three years he 
fell ill and died in 1778. During his illness he had solemnly nomi- 
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nated his brother Bikramajit as his successor. The state was now 
rapidly declining, there was great disunion between the various members 
of the family and the treasury was empty. The troops refused to 
perform their duties owing to their pay being in arrears. Bikramajit 
sold pargana Barwa Sagar to the Subadar of Jhansi, and was thus 
able to pay the troops. He overthrew the Rajas of Taraoli, Mohangarh, 
1 Now forma the N.-E. part of pargana Jhansi in the Jhansi district. 
2 The author elsewhere states that when Birsingh Deva founded Jhansi fort 
he garrisoned it with Sanyasis, whose successors these will probably have been. 
As to militant Sanyasis in Bundelkhand, compare the fact (quoted in Crooke’s 
“ Castes,” IV. 276) that 2,000 Sanyasis attacked Col. Goddard in his march through 
Bundelkhand (1778). 
8 Named Mahendra Rani. 
*• In Orchha, 20 miles N.-W. of Tehri. 
5 Then Raja of Samthar. . A _ . .. i'i : - , : 
5 In Samthar, 26 miles N.-E. of Jhansi. . -L v - 
