Chhatarsal, in
his will, gave one-third of the dominion he had thus acquired to the
strongest power then in India, the Peshwa, in order to secure the
other two-thirds to his two sons Hardi Sa and Jagatraj, in the same
manner as princes of the Roman empire used to bequeath a portion of
theirs to the emperor.[41] Of the Peshwa's share we have now got all,
except Jalaun. Jhansi was subsequently acquired by the Peshwa, or
rather by his subordinates, with his sanction and assistance.[42]
Notes:
1. December, 1835.
2. In the Orchha State. This seems to be the same town which the
author had already visited on his way to Tehri on the 7th December.
_Ante_, Chapter 19 note [15].
3. _Ante_, Chapter 12 following note [9].
4. Sodora in the author's text; see _ante_, Chapter 19, note 11.
5. 'Bow-sacrifice.'
6. The tradition is that a prince of this military class was sporting
in a river with his thousand wives, when Renuka, the wife of
Jamadagni, went to bring water. He offended her, and her husband
cursed the prince, but was put to death by him. His son Parasram was
no less a person than the sixth incarnation of Vishnu, who had
assumed the human shape merely to destroy these tyrants.
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