"Chivalry and heroism are as much a part of their blood as honour and pride. ."
"The devotion of the Rajput is still paid to his arms, as to his horse. He swears ‘by the steel,’ and prostrates himself before his defensive buckler, his lance, his sword, or his dagger.."
"Intense loyalty to her husband and the clan was another sterling quality of a Rajput woman. "