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A n c i e n t H i s t o r y of R a j a s t h a n
Colonel James Tod
In his monumental work The
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1820 AD) Col Tod has preserved and
immortalized the history, legends and social customs of the Rajputs. With
painstaking detail he has recorded every facet of the life of the varied peoples
of the region.
Col. Tod came to India in 1800, as a Marine. In 1801, he was selected as a
survey officer. His great service was the scrupulous care with which he
documented and mapped the entire regions now comprising Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Gujarat.
But by far his most
outstanding achievement was his work on Rajasthan which, even today, is rich
source-material for all later detailed studies.
Col. Tod led the punitive expeditions against the Pindari bandits in 1814-15 and
was later appointed political agent and resident of Rajasthan. He was
responsible for several of the agreements signed between the major ruling
princes and the British. He approached this task with sympathy and understanding
for the Rajput princes, many of whom remained his admirers and friends.
In 1822, broken in health, he was compelled to retire to England. His two works
The Annals and Travels In Western India published after his death in 1835,
remain as a lasting tribute to his memory. No writer has captured the spirit of
Rajasthan as this remarkable Englishman has done.
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