India history and geography

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (history)

Phūlamatī (फूलमती) is the daughter of Gangārām Mehta from Udaipur, according to the “Phula-Phulamatī rī vārtā” (classified as Rajasthani literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—This is a very famous love story in Rajasthan, which combines prose and poetry. During the time of Rāṇā Rāj Singh, Phūlamatī, the beautiful daughter of Gangārām Mehta of Udaipur, was married at the age of 12 to Bhojarājā, the son of Śāha Maṇirāma. Two years later, it so happened that Phūlajī, the son of the Sirohi ruler Rāv akhay Rāja, went to a fair on the occasion of the festival of Śrāvan Tīj. He caught a glimpse of Phūlamatī who was sitting at the latticed-window of her house. He immediately fell in love with her. They managed to meet often on the banks of lake Pichola, loving each other freely thanks to various devices they imagined, such as hiding in flower baskets, for the rest of their lives. This is a story of happy extra-conjugal love.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Phula, Mati.

Full-text: Jharokha, Pichola, Bhojaraja.

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