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Brahmans of the cultivating classes the roads here are in fair order and practicable for carts during the greater part of the year. The
remainder of the country
and woodland, and
throughout the State
rains travelling
Of the geology
used.
covered with rugged
river of the State
its
is difficult,
unless an elephant
The Mahi
it
always fordable.
is
44'3 inches per annum, and the temperature in
F.j rains, 80° to 83°
tolerably plentiful
often a scarcity in the
banks are between 40 and 50
e.xcept in the rainy season is
is
is
of Banswara scarcely anything
mineral productions are unimportant.
its
rocks, scrub-jungle
hills,
Water
in the Bhi'l tracts there
summer, and during the is
is
inhabited by Bhils.
is
is
is
known, and
the principal
feet
and
high,
The average rainfall summer 92° to 100°
Fever is the most formidable Banswara belong to the Sesodia clan of Rajputs now ruling in Dungarpur, of which they are a junior branch. In the 1 6th century the whole country which now comprises the two States of Dungarpur and Banswara was under the dominion of one family of Sesodias. On the death of one of the chiefs, Udai Singh, in 1528, the territory was divided between his two sons, and the descendants of the two families are the present chiefs of Dungarpur and Banswara, the river Mahi being fixed as the boundary between the two States. Since that time they have remained distinct and independent of one another. Towards the end of the i8th century, Banswara became more or less subjected to the Marathas it paid
winter, 65° to 70°.
The
and prevalent malady.
chiefs of
Dhar
the Chief of
In 1812, the chief offered to become tributary to the British Government on the condition tribute to
in Central India.
of the expulsion of the Marathas with him
till
1818,
bound himself
to
when a
act in
but no definite relations were formed
treaty
was concluded, by which the chief
subordinate co-operation, and to settle his
accordance with the advice of the British Government, to abstain from disputes and political correspondence with other chiefs, to pay a tribute (not exceeding three-eighths of his revenue), and to furnish troops when required. The tribute was fixed at ^2625, but it has affairs in
since been raised to ;^38oo to defray the cost of additional supervision required
works of
The of
15
by the disorders of the native administration, and
utility to
chief holds the rank of Maharawal, guns.
He
for
the State.
has received
feudatory of the State
is
the
Rao
the right
and
of Kushalgarh,
domain
in the south of
the
lank in the State, who pay a
is
entitled to a salute
of adoption.
who
The
chief
holds a compact
Banswara; there are besides 13 thdhirs of total tribute of ;^i6i2 to their chief. The revenue of Banswara is about ^{^28,000, of which 33 feudatories enjoy about The population has been returned at of whom the Bhils form more than one-third, (1881) 152,045, while the inhabitants of the chief towns are mostly Hindus of the first
