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... HOOSHKA - Scythian captain. PRATAP - Rao of Ichalgurh, a Chouhan noble. RUTTAN - his brother. A CAPTAIN of Rajpoot lances. MÉNADEVI - wife of Curran; a Chouhan princess, sister of the King of Ajmere. COMOL CUMARY - daughter of Rana Curran and Menadevi. COOMOOD CUMARY - daughter of Rana Curran by a concubine. NIRMOL CUMARY - daughter of Haripal, friend of Comol Cumary. ISHANY - a Rajpoot... demands. Let him be lodged for what he is, a Prince Among the mightiest. VISALDEO You have chosen then? You'll give your daughter, King, to this Cashmerian? CURRAN My brother from Ajmere writes to forbid me, Because he's Scythian, therefore barbarous. A Scythian! He is Cashmere's mighty lord Who stretches out from those proud Himalayan hills His giant arms to embrace the North... bearing, Yet herdst with the wild forest tribes, remote From arms and culture. Dost thou hide thy name too? SUNGRAM I am a Chouhan like thyself, of birth As princely. Ask the warriors of Ajmere Who valiant Martund was; his sons are we, Page 906 Sungram and Prithuraj. ICHALGURH O youth, thy father Was my great pattern and my guide in war. Brother and enemy, embrace me ...