Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
Patarna (1 do.) ┐West side of river.
Gadla (1 do.) ┘
Ranas (3 do.).—East side of river.
Charani (2 do.).—Seventy houses; east side.
Chitalwana (2 do.).—Town of three hundred houses; east side of river;
belonging to a Chauhan chief, styled Rana. Sanchor seven coss to the
south.
Ratra (2 coss).—East side of river; deserted.
Hotiganw (2 do.).—South side of river; temple to Phulmukheswar Mahadeo.
Dhuta (2 do.) ┌ North side. On the west side the _thal_ is very
Tapi (2 do.) └ heavy; east side is plain; both sides well cultivated.
Lalpura (2 do.).—West side.
Surpura (1 do.).—Crossed river.
Sanloti (2 do.).—Eighty houses, east side of river.
Butera (2 do.).—East side; relation of the Rana resides here.
Narke (4 do.).—South side river; Bhils and Sonigiras.
Karoi (4 do.).—Sahariyas [343].
Pitlana (2 do.).—Large village; Kolis and Pitals.
Dharanidhar (3 do.).—Seven or eight hundred houses, nearly deserted,
belonging to Suigam.
Bah (4 do.).—Capital of Rana Narayan Rao, Chauhan prince of Virawah.
Luna (5 do.).—One hundred houses.
Sui (7 do.).—Residence of Chauhan chief.
Balotra on the Luni River to Pokaran and Jaisalmer.
Panchbhadra (3 do.).—Balotra fair on the 11th Magh—continues ten days.
Balotra has four to five hundred houses in the tract called
Siwanchi; the ridge unites with Jalor and Siwana. Panchbhadra has
two hundred houses, almost all deserted since the famine. Here is
the celebrated Agar, or salt-lake, yielding considerable revenue to
the government.
Gopti (2 coss).—Forty houses; deserted; one coss north of this the deep
_thal_ commences.
Patod (4 do.).—A considerable commercial mart; four hundred houses;
cotton produced in great quantities.
Sivai (4 do.).—Two hundred houses, almost deserted.
Serara (1 do.).—Sixty houses. To Patod the tract is termed Siwanchi;
from thence Indhavati, from the ancient lords of the Indha tribe.
┌ Bungara has seventy houses, Solankitala four
│ hundred, and Pongali sixty. Throughout
Bungara (3 do.) │ sand-hills. This tract is called Thalecha,
Solankitala (4 do.) ┤ and the Rathors who inhabit it, Thalecha
Pongali (5 do.) │ Rathors. There are many of the Jat or
│ Jāt tribe as cultivators. Pongali a Charan
└ community.
Bakri (5 do.).—One hundred houses; inhabited by Charans.
Dholsar (4 do.).—Sixty houses, inhabited by Paliwal Brahmans.
Pokaran (4 do.).—From Bakri commences the Pokaran district; all flat,
and though sandy, no _thal_ or hills.
Udhania (6 coss).—Fifty houses; a pool the south side.
Lahti (7 do.).—Three hundred houses; Paliwal Brahmans.
Sodhakur (2 do.) ┌ Sodhakur has thirty houses and Chandan fifty;
Channda (4 do.) ┤ Paliwals. Dry _thal_ at the latter; water
└ obtained by digging in its bed.
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