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Columbus called the port Puerto de la Navidad ("Christmas Port"), the day he landed there. He appointed Diego de Arana, chief constable of the fleet and son of Rodrigo, Pedro Gutiérrez, butler of the Spanish royal dais, and Rodrigo de Escobedo to govern the fortress of 36 men. They included carpenters, calkers, a physician, a tailor, and a gunner.
Because the shipwreck occurred on Christmas Day, the fort was known as La Navidad. [5] Columbus left some of his crew at La Navidad and returned to Spain, he mistakenly thought that his men would not threaten the natives, whom he believed to be friendly. [6] Caonabo led an attack on the fort in 1493, defeating all the Spaniards who remained. [5]
The cacique Caonabo was the first to resist the Spanish occupation. The fort that Christopher Columbus established on the north coast of the island, La Navidad, was destroyed by Caonabo. Caonabo also attempted to sack Fortaleza de Santo Tomás, but was captured by Spanish forces led by commander Alonso de Ojeda.
The Barli Inscription (obtained from a Bhinaika village 36 miles southeast of Ajmer) [7] is one of the earliest Jaina inscriptions reported from Rajasthan, India. [8] [9] It was discovered by historian G. H. Ojha in 1912 and originally dated as belonging to c. 443 B.C, [10] which some scholars have repeated recently, though most experts of ancient Indian epigraphy have argued on palaeographic ...
The history of human settlement in the western Indian state of Rajasthan dates back to about 100,000 years ago. Around 5000 to 2000 BCE many regions of Rajasthan belonged as the site of the Indus Valley Civilization. Kalibangan is the main Indus site of Rajasthan, here fire altars have been discovered, similar to those found at Lothal. [1]
Sasan (Dingal for 'self-ruled'; IAST: Sāṃsaṇa) was a tax-free land grant given in the form of either partial or whole villages to the Charanas by rulers in medieval India. These grants were given in perpetuity and enjoyed superior rights compared to other land tenures .
Thus, in the context of a hamlet, the corrupted form of Hindi word dhani is pronounced dhaani (ढाणी) [12] in Haryanvi and Rajasthani languages, which implies the "wealth or possessed settlement" (of the owner). Hence, Dahni's name usually have a prefix, such as "xyz's Dhani", where "xyz" is either the name or gotra of founder-owner.
When India became independent, 23 princely states were consolidated to form the state of Rajasthan, “Home of Rajas”. Statue of Maharana Pratap most celebrated ruler of Rajasthan from Sisodia Dynasty. Following is a list of dynasties and rulers, which ruled or origin from Rajasthan from Ancient period to Modern period: