ASI Report of A Tour in Eastern Rajputana (Volume XX)

Book Specification Item Code: AZB504 Author: A. Cunningham Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India Language: English Edition: 2000 Pages: 256 (Throughout B/W Illustrations) Cover: HARDCOVER Other Details 9.8 x 6.5 inches Weight 730 gm Book Description Preface DURING the cold season of 1882-83 I explored a great part of Eastern Rajputana, including portions of the states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli, Dholpur, and Gwalior and the adjoining British districts of Delhi, Gurgaon, and Mathura. In Alwar I visited the old capitals of Tejâra, Rajgarh, and Pâranagar, with the border forts of Indor, Sarhata, and Kotila, all of which have been famous for centuries in the history of the Meys, or Meos of Mewât. As Hindus the Meos often successfully resisted the arms of the Muhammadan kings of Delhi until the time of Feroz Tughlak, when they became converts to Muhammadanism. But in spite of their change of religion the Moslem Meos were just as turbulent as their Hindu ancestors—