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CHAPTER IX.
CONQUEST OF ABU AND HARAVATI.
THE kingdom of Sirohi lies in the south
west part of Rajputana, between 24'.20" and
25'.17" latitude and 72'.16" and 73'.10"
longitude, and is 1964 miles in area. Its
rulers belong to the Deora branch of the
Chauhan Rajputs. The most important place
in this kingdom is Mount Abu, the highest
point of the Aravalli Hills ( Adāvalā ) stretch-
ing from Delhi to Gujrat. Mount Abu, the
“Olympus of the Hindus” as Colonel Tod calls
it, was the seat of a powerful kingdom in old
days. Abu formed part of the empire of
Emperor Chandragupta of the Mauriya
dynasty, who ruled early in the fourth century
B.C. The territory of Abu passed successively
into the possession of the Khshtrapas, the
Imperial Guptas, the Vaisa dynasty of which
Emperor Sri Harsha was the ornament;
Chaoras, the Solankis, and the Parmārs.
From the Parmārs, the Chauhans of Jalor
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