Note 15 — CHAPTER 5
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Kachhua and Khurram are synonymous terms for the race which rules Amber—the Tortoises of Rajasthan. [This is an extraordinary misapprehension. Khurram is a Persian word, meaning ‘pleased, glad’; the Author confuses it with Skt. Kūrma, ‘a tortoise.’ The mother of Khurram, Balmati or Jagat Gosāīn, was daughter of Udai Singh of Mārwār; see Tuzuk, 19; Beale, s.v. Shāh Jahān.]