. . . Of all
the sovereigns of this dynasty she lives most in the recollection of
the people; she carried out many highly useful works in different
parts of her kingdom, and one of the large reservoirs near Jabalpur
is still called the Rani Talao in memory of her. During the fifteen
years of her regency she did much for the country, and won the hearts
of the people, while her end was as noble and devoted as her life had
been useful' (_C.P. Gazetteer_ (1870), p. 283; with references to
Sleeman's article on the Rajas of Garha Mandla, and 'Briggs'
Farishta', ed. 1829, vol. ii, pp. 217, 218). A memoir of Asaf Khan
Abdul Majid, the general who overcame Durgavati, will be found in
Blochmann's translation of the _Ain-i-Akbari_, vol. i, p. 366.
38. Samthar is a small state, lying between the Betwa and Pahuj
rivers, to the south-west of the Jalaun district. It was separated
from the Datiya State only one generation previous to the British
occupation of Bundelkhand. A treaty was concluded with the Raja in
1812 (_N.W.P. Gazetteer_ (1st ed.), vol. i, p. 578).
39. Gujars occupy more than a hundred villages in the Jalaun
district, chiefly among the ravines of the Pahuj river.
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