RAIITOR or Ithator. a dynady originally of Knuouj, afterwanla anitirmed in Xarwar. They commence authentic Iii.tory in A.D. VA) ? by Yrivatiaawa, prince of Parlipur. alipposed of Indo - Scythic origin. lit A.D. 1381, assaulted Mandor, awl made it Ilia capital. In Clionda 1680 was murdered Ajit Singh, ill whose rt-igri occurred the Rahtor conflict at Deldi, 4th July 1679 (7th Sravan. S. um). and the thirty years' war against the empire. Ile was murdered by lus Hon. The Chitral] aro the sacred order of the Ralitor country ; the warlike tribes (-grew the heroic lays of the bard more than the homily of the Brahman, and they hold lands. literally. on the tenure of 'an old song.' In Colonel Tod's time, the genealogical roll of the Ralitor wax about 50 feet in length, commencing en usual with a theog,ony, followed by the production of the, first Rahtor from the spine (raht) of Indra, the nominal father being Yavanaswa, prince of Parlipur. Of the topography of Parlipur, the Ralitor had no other notion than that it waa the north. The genealogiem trace their pedigree to Kush, the second son of Rama, consequently they would be Suryavansa. But by the bards of this race they are denied this honour; and although Kushite, they are held to be the descendants of Kasyapa of the Solar race, by the daughter of a Dyte (Titan). The progeny of Ilirna Kasyapa accordingly stigmatized as being. of demoniac origin. They, however, succeeded to the Lunar race of Kushnaba, descendants of Ujamida, the founders of Katnouj. Indeed, some genealogists maintain the Rahtor to be of Kusika race. The first locality of the Rahtor was Gadhipura or Kanouj, where they are found enthroned in the 5th century; and though beyond that period they connect their line with the princes of Kosula or Ayodhya, the facts rest on assertion only. In the period approaching the Tartar conquest of India, we find them contesting with the last Tuar and Chanhan kings of Dehli, and the Balica-rae of Anhilwara, the right to paramount importance amidst the princes of India. The combats for
supremacy destroyed them all. Weakeued by internal strife, the Chauhan of Dehli fell,.and his death exposed the North-West frontier. Kanouj followed ; and while its last prince, .1ye-Chand, found a grave in the Ganges, Iti.s aon Seoji sought an asylum in Maroost'hulli, the regions of death. Seoji was the founder of the Rahtor dynasty in Marwar on the ruins of the Purihara of Mundor. Ilere they brought their ancient martial spirit, and a more valiant being exists not than can be found amongst the sons of Seoji. The Moglitil emperom were indebted for half their conquests to the Lakh Talwar Rahtorau, the 100,000 swords of the Rahtor. In less than three centuries after their migration front Kanouj, the Ralitors, the issue of Seoji, spread over surface of fotir deg,rees of loegitude, and the same extent of lati tude, or nearly 80,000 miles square. The Ita. litor. has twenty-four smell& The RAW of Mica= are unchanged in their martud qualifications, bearing as high a reputation as any other claim in India. The Rabtor of the desert have fewer prejudices than their more eastern brethren; they will eat food without inquiring by whom it was dressed, and will drink either wine or water with out asking to whom the cup belonged. They would make the best soldiers in the world if they would submit to discipline, as they are brave, hardy, easily satisfied, and very patient ; but in the inordinate use of opium, and smoking intoxi cating herbs, are said to exceed all the Chatis Rajkula, the thirty-six royal tribes of India. Tbe piala or cup is a favourite with every Rajput who can afford it, and is, as well as opium, a panacea for ennui, arising from the absence of all mental stimulus, in which they are more deficient, from the nature of the country, than most of their war like countrymen.—Tod's Rajasthan, ii. pp. 115, 196, 242 ; Thomas' Prinsep. p, 258.