10. Wealthy Hindoos, throughout India, spend money in the same
ceremonies of marrying the stone to the shrub. [W. H. S.] Three lakhs
of rupees were then worth thirty thousand pounds sterling or more.
11. The numerous clans, more or less devoted to war, grouped together
under the name of Rajputs (literally 'king's sons'), are in reality
of multifarious origin, and include representatives of many races.
They are the Kshatriyas of the law-books, and are still often called
Chhattri (_E.H.I._, 3rd ed., pp. 407-15). In some parts of the
country the word Thakur is more familiar as their general title.
Thirty-six clans are considered as specially pure-blooded and are
called, at any rate in books, the 'royal races'. All the clans follow
the custom of exogamy. The Chandels (Chandella) ruled Bundelkhand
from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries. Their capital was Mahoba,
now a station on the Midland Railway. The Bundelas became prominent
at a later date, and attained their greatest power under Chhatarsal
(_circa_ A.D. 1671-1731). Their territory is now known as
Bundelkhand. The country so designated is not an administrative
division.
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