Ramraj 221 Bana attended the Unitarian church and much approved of its doctrines. He embarked for England and arrived at Liverpool on the 8th April, 1831 A. D. and died at Sta- pylton Grove near Bristol, while on a visit to that country, for the purpose of giving information and of promoting the interests of his countrymen, by advocating a more liberal intercourse with India. After his death his followers in Bengal strictly adhered to the faith, and multiplied in number by thousands. The works of Sir W. Hamilton and Bishop Berkeley have also become their guides in points of philosophy. In a word the Brahmists are not idolaters, as considered by some, nor infidels as supposed by many. They are rather the religious and enlightened people of the age as they con- sider themselves. Raja Ram Jlohan translated the Upa- nishads of the Yajur Veda according to the Comment of Sankar Acharya, into English, establishing the unity and incomprehensibility of the Supreme Being, whose worship alone can tend to eternal beatitude. A translation of the Vedant (an abridgment of all the sacred vrritings) in Hindustani and Bengali, was made by this Hindu philosopher and philanthropist. The Eaja also published an abstract of it in English. His tomb is in Amo's Vale cemetery in Bristol. Eamraj, ^t'f'l'j a Eaja of Bfjanagar or Bijaianagar, who was slain in battle against the four Muhammadan princes of the Dakhin. This celebrated action took place on the banks of the Krishna river on Friday the 2oth of January 1565 A. D., 20th jiimada II, 972 A. H. It cost Eamraj his life, and ended in the defeat of the Hiadu army with the loss of nearly one hundred thousand men. Ramraj being defeated, was taken prisoner and brought before Husain Nizam Sh&h who ordered his head to be struck off, and caused it to be placed on the point of a long spear to be announced to the army ; and afterwards kept at Bijapur as a trophy. Bam Narayan, Eaja, D-ib cb- He was deputy governor of Patna in the time of Mir Ja'far 'Ali Khan the Nawab of Bengal. Mir Kasim 'Ali, on his accession to the masnad in 1760 A. D., 1174 A. H. having detected embezzlements of large sums from the revenues, the jagirs, and pay of the troops, confiscated his effects. About seven lacs of rupees in money and goods were found in his house, and nearly the same sum was re- covered from persons to whom it had been entrusted by himself and his women. He was then kept in confine- ment with several others on suspicion. In August 1763 A. D., Muluu-ram, 1177 A. H., a few days before Mir 5asim 'All's defeat by the English on the banks of the TJdwa nala, he commanded these persons to be put to death, and Raja Earn Narayan was drowned in the Ganges with a bag of sand tied round his neck. Eam Narayan was a Persian scholar and wrote poetry in Persian and Urdu, haviog adopted the word " Mauzun" for his poetical name. Eamraja, *^L)(*L'; succeeded Sahji II as Eaja of Sitara in December, 1749 A. D. He was the adopted son of Sahji and grandson of Tara Bai. He died on the 12th December, 1777 A. D., having a short time before his death adopted Abba Sahib the son of Trimbakji Bhosla. This adopted son was formally enthroned under the title of Sahu, but was always kept a close prisoner by the Peshwa. Earn Singh., ^^-^ fl;, present Eaja of Kota and B6ndf (1858 A. D.). Bam Singh Hara, Ijl* (•!;, and Dalpat Eao Bundela, two Hindu chiefs who served under the emperor 'Alamgir in the military capacity, and were both killed 56 at the same instant by a cannon shot in the battle which ensued between 'Azim Shah and his eldest brother Baha- dur Shah, on the 8th of June, 1707 A. D., 18th Eabi' I, 1119 A. H. Earn Singh, Munshi, i^'*'-^'* '"^-^ author of a collection of letters entitled " Gulshan Ajaeb," written in 1716 A. D., 1128 A. H. Earn Singh Eathor, j^^-'b cb, son of Abhai Singh, Raja of Jodhpur. He poisoned Bakhat Singh his uncle, and usurped the throne. At his death 1773 A. D., disorganization prevailed in Marwar, promoted by the Marhattas, who then got footing in Rajputana, and by the evils generated by its feudal institutions. At Tonga, however, the Rathors defeated De Boigne, the celebrated general of Scindhia ; but they were crushed at the sub- sequent battles of Patau and Mairta by the reigning prince Bijai Singh. Eam Singh I, pt). Raja of Jaipur, he was honoured after the death of his father Raja Jai Singh I, by the emperor 'Alamgir in 1666 A. D. with the title of Eaja, and put in possession of his father's territories. His son Bishun Singh succeeded him after his death about the year 1675 A. D. Earn Singh Sawai II, dS"L?'« Cb, present Eaja of Jaipur, son of Jai Singh III, was bom a few months before the death of his father whom he succeeded in January, 1834 A. D. He became a member of the Governor General's Council in 1869 A. D. Banas of Chittour and Udaipur, ^L). Vide Eana Sanka. Eana Amar Singh, l^l;, the son of Eana Partap Singh of Chittour. He rebelled against the emperor Jahangir for some time, but was at last compelled by force of arms to acknowledge fealty to the throne of Dehli. The emperor ordered to be cut in marble, the images of Amar Singh and his son Karan, which, when finished and brought to him, he took to Agrah and placed in the garden-seat, called Jharolcha Darshan, where the people assembled every morning to pay their respects to the emperor. Amar Singh died in 1619 A. D., 1029 A. H., but the images were cut while he was living. Eana Karan, ei/^ ^bj son of Amar Singh, the son of Eana Partap Singh, the son of Eana Udai Singh the son of Rana Sanka. He succeeded his father Amar Singh in the raj of Udaipur 1619 A. D., and died in the first year of the reign of Shah Jahan, 1628 A. D., when his son Eana Jagat Singh succeeded him, and was honoured by the emperor with the title of Eana and rank of 5O00. Jagat Singh died 1652 A. D. and was succeeded by his son Eaj Kiinwar, who received the title of Eana Eaj Singh. Eana Mai, a Eaja of Bhatner who lived in the reign of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Tughlak. His daughter named Naila, was married to Salar Eajab the brother of the Sultan and father of Sultan Fii-oz Shah Tughlak. Eana Eaj Singh of Chittour, ^) ^bi vide Eaj Singh (Rana). Eana Sanga or Sanka, '■'b? T^aja of Chittour. His son Udai Singh is the founder of the capital Udaipur. The Udaipur chief is, in the estimation of all the Hindu
