compliance with his Orders, and able co-operation
with British forces, that the peace, not only of the
Hill States, but of a great portion of the Punjab,
was preserved. The most powerful of these prinees,
the Rajahs of Jheend and Kuppoortala, of Puttiala,
Nubha, and Kylore, sent contingents, whieh dkl
good Service in the field, and at Delhi, against the
rebels. The remainder, with one exeeption, the
Rajah of Bussahie, afforded the best assistance they
were able in their separate localities, by preventing
the spread of disaffection or revolt, and the necessity
of still further subdividing the disposable British
troops. Among these ehiefs the young Rajah of
Jubal occupied a distinguished place, and thus justified
by his loyalty the confidence which had already
been reposed in him. On the restoration of peace,
and as a reward, a considerable permanent reduction
was made in the amount of tribute to Government
with which his estate is chargeable.
No. 13. Chuttro Rajah.
The Rajah’s connexion with the Rajpoot tribe is
believed to be due rather to a succession of marriageä
than to direct descent.
No. 14. Rajah of Mundi and Ministers.
_ Mundi, signifying a market-place, is a township
situated on the left bank of the Beeas river. The
last Rajah died in January, a.d. 1851. His son,
Rajah Bijoy Sain, was then a child about three or
four years old; and, for the management of the
Mundi principality, a regeney was appointed, the
President being Wuzeer Goosaen, a Khatree by caste,
who, from a very humble position, had raised himself
by his ability to the office of Prime Minister, another
of the members being Meean Bhag Sing, the uncle
of the Rajah. In the Photograph all these are represented
: Rajah Bijoy Sain in the centre, Meean
Bhag Sing on the right of the Rajah, and Wuzeer
Goosaen on his left.
The practice of Suttee was formerly earried on to
a fearful extent by the Rajahs of Mundi, in common
with all the principal Rajpoot families in the Kangra
hills. Close to the entrance of the town of Mundi
are several monumental stones, bearing representations
in relief, not only of the Rajahs of Mundi who
have died, but of the women who have perished with
them by the rite of Suttee. As one of these stones is
set up on the death of each Rajah, there are memorials
here of thousands of victims to the cruel rite of
Suttee. With the last two Rajahs who died under
Sikh rule (Rajahs Toree Sain and Zalim Sain), thirtyfive
women perished. With one, seventeen; and,
with the other, eighteen. Of these thirty-five women,
more than half were slave girls. The practice of
Suttee was interdicted by the British Government in
184(1. At the same time the Rajah of Mundi was
called upon to put a stop to the practices of slave
dealing, fetnale infanticide, and the hurnihg or
drowning of lepers.
No. 15. Seeba Rajah and Suite.
'The figure in the Photograph on the Rajah’s left
is the sheristadar, or ministerial officer of his court;
the other is an armed attendant of the Rajpoot caste.
No. 16. Poorun Sing 1 .
Poorun Sing is a Hindoo inhabitant of Godha.
district Allyghur, where the tribe to which he belongs
has lived for hundreds of years. They are landowners,
and Support themselves by the’proceeds of
their property. _ They sometimes travel on business,
and their pursuits and dispositions are now generally
peaceful, but they are reckoned a proud and warlike
raee.
No. 17. Thakoor Heera Sing.
Heera Sing is a Rajpoot Thakoor, or nobleman of
the Jadoon caste, residing at Judbunsee. His native
place is Somna, in the Allyghur district. He possesses
large landed property, which he manages in
person.
No. 18. Rajpoot of Bareilly.
This is evidently a person of higher rank, and is
most probahly a zemindar or landowner.
No. 19. Rajpoot of Bareilly.
The suhject of this plate appears to be a substantial
farmer, or, perhaps, a banker, by the thin
gold chain about his neck. He carries his sword as
the invariable appendage of a Rajpoot gentleman,
which he never discontinues in public ; and his plain
suit of cloth, with brocade trousers and a shawl
about his waist, form a costume at once simple and
elegant.
No. 20. Marwaree Rajpoot.
A Marwaree from Jodhpoor, on the Western side
of India. Marwarees are to be found in all parts of
the country, and are remarkable for their mercantile
ability, which in many cases renders them the possessors
of great wealth.
No. 21. Rajpoots from Delhi.
The group photographed shows a party of Chohan
soldiers, armed in the native manner. The
figure on the right has a broad shield at his back,
which is slung over his left shoulder, and can be
disengaged in a moment. It may he of rhinoceros
hide, or of raw bullock or buffalo hide, pounded and
cast, as it were, in a mould, which is nearly as strong.
The central figure is a matchlock man; the other
two, ordinary swordsmen.
Chohan, Chouhan, or Chauhan, is the namc ot
one of the principal Rajpoot races, numerous and
powerful branches of whom are found in Oude, as
in every part of the North-western proyinces of
Bengal, as well as in Rajpootana and Malwa.
No. 22. Chohan.
The most distinguished families of the Chohan
race are, in Central India, the Khichi, Hara, Bhadauria,
Rajkoomar ; in the British territories, the
Rajor, Pertabnir, Chakarnuggur, and Munchunna,
the head of which last is known as the Rajah of
Mynpoory ; the Munchunna family trace their descent
from the celebrated Prithi Rai.
