The process of Rajput decadence which commenced with the decline of the Mughal Empire reached its zenith during the first two decades of the nineteenth century. The mutual rivalries and internal disorders of the rajput states exposed them to the plundering Maratha and Pathan inroads and finally drove them into the arms of the British. The Rajput States had nothing to tempt the cupidity of the British but the Indian political scene offered the East India company ...
