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"There are over 10,000 of these soldier monks in the Jaipur state. They are followers of Dadu [Dayal] a Reformer of Hinduism, who was born 1545 A.D. He died at the age of 60 and left a Bani (his words) of 20,000 lines and 150 initiated disciples. His birth place was Ahmedabad and he died in Jaipur state at a village called [?] 50 miles from the Capital." Group portrait of soldiers with swords and shields standing together. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
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