Rani Padmini of Chittore: A Historical Romance
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In the pages have been brought together two historical figures, whose facts in interwined at many points, but who in life, if we can credit Rajput tradition, came face to face once only in a mirror. Whether or not this story as a whole can properly by termed a historical romance, the author, leaves for others to decide. Sultan ‘Alu-ud-din’ Rani Padmini, her husband Rawul Rattan Singh and many others figuring in the tale, all undoubtedly lived and had, reality. Chittore was certainly sacked by ‘Ala-ud-din’ and Padmini did immolate herself by fire to avoid falling into his hands. Equally established are the death, in the final phase of the siege, of Rattan Singh and of the escape of Ajey Singh to carry on the royal line. According to author there have been difference of opinion about this between Muslim and Rajput versions, as also the mirror scene and the version f Kangra Rani, guardian goddess of Chittore. The author also suspects the poets of invention. Yet the invention, if such it be, is so unimportant historically and so romantically colourful, that any writer might be excused for clinging to it. the absence of psychological documents has made it necessary to fill in the gaps, and in this the author has been more blessed than many writers, who find themselves, faced with the task of constructing intimate detail for a dim or forgotten past. Rajputana in its polity, its customs and its outlook has changed so little through the centuries, that anyone can recapture the past from the present. The author feels he can safely say with Montaigne, “I have only made anosegay of culled flowers, and have brought little of my own but the thread which bins them together.â€
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Armald Webb