SIROHI  , a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana agency . See also:

• AREA

Area 1964 sq. m . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is much broken up by hills and rocky ranges; the Aravalli range divides it into two portions, See also:

• RUNNING

running from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The south and south-east See also:

• PART

part of the territory is mountainous and rugged, containing the lofty See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ABU

Abu, an isolated See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, culminating in a cluster of hills, enclosing several valleys surrounded by rocky ridges, like See also:

• GREAT

great hollows . On both sides of the Aravallis the country is intersected with numerous See also:

• WATER

water channels, which run with considerable force and See also:

• VOLUME

volume during the height of the See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, but are dry for the greater part of the See also:

• YEAR

year . The only See also:

• RIVER

river of any importance is the Western See also:

• BANAS

Banas . A large portion of the state is covered with dense See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, in which See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals, including the See also:

• TIGER
• TIGER (Felis tigris)

tiger, See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear and See also:

• LEOPARD

leopard, abound . Many splendid ruins bear See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to the former prosperity and See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization of the country . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is on the whole dry; in the south and east there is usually a See also:

• FAIR

fair amount of See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain . On Abu the See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall is about 64 in., whereas in Erinpura, less than 5o M. to the north, the average fall is only between 12 and 13 in . Pop . (1901) 154,544, showing a decrease of 17% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, due to the results of See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine .

See also:

• GROSS

Gross See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue £28,000, See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute £450 . During the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, Sirohi suffered much from See also:

• WARS

wars with See also:

• JODHPUR, or MARWAR

Jodhpur and the wild See also:

• MINA, FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y (1781-1836)

Mina See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill tribes . The See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the See also:

• BRITISH

British was sought in 1817; the pretensions of Jodhpur to See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty over Sirohi were disallowed, and in 1823 a treaty was concluded with the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . For services rendered during the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny of 1857 the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief received a remission of See also:

• HALF

half his tribute . The chief, whose See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is maharao, is a Deora See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput of the Chauhan See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, and claims descent from the last See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi . The state is traversed by the Rajputana railway . The See also:

• TOWN

town of SIROHI iS 28 M . N. of Abu-road station . Pop . (1901) 5651 . It has manufactures of See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-See also:

• BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

blades and other weapons . The Crosthwaite See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, which is built and equipped on See also:

• MODERN

modern principles, was opened by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Crosthwaite in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1897 .