Note 23 — CHAPTER 1

I give this chiefly for the concluding couplet, to see how the Rajputs applied the word Khotan to the lands beyond Kabul, where the great Raja Man commanded as Akbar’s lieutenant:

“Pālan, Pajūn jītē,

Mahoba, Kanauj larē,

Māndu Mālasi jītē,

Rār Rutrāhi kā;

Rāj Bhagwāndās jītē,

Mavāsī lar.

Rājā Mān Singh jītē,

Khotan phauj dabāī.”

“Palan and Pajun were victorious;

Fought at Mahoba and Kanauj;

Malasi conquered Mandu;

In the battle of Rutrahi,

Raja Bhagwandas vanquished.

In the Mawasi (fastnesses, probably, of Mewat),

Raja Man Singh was victorious;

Subjugating the army of Khotan.”