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Rajasthan means "The Land of Kings" and is a portmanteau of Sanskrit "Rājā" ('King') and Sanskrit "Sthāna" ('Land') or Persian "St(h)ān", with the same meaning. [12] The oldest reference to Rajasthan is found in a stone inscription dated back to 625 CE. [18]
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Ajmer (pronounced ⓘ) is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan. [5] It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the nickname the Heart of Rajasthan. [6] Ajmer is surrounded by the Aravalli Mountains. Ajmer has been a municipality since 1869.
Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of western states of Republic of India.The Ministry of Home Affairs in its Western Zonal Council Administrative division includes the states of Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra along with the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, [1] while the Ministry of Culture and some historians also include the state of ...
Rajasthan is also bordered by Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Rajasthan covers 10.4% of India, an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi).
Rajasthan is the largest state in terms of area and the seventh most populous state in India through having a low population density. Jaipur is the largest and most populated metropolitan area in Rajasthan. Jodhpur, Kota and Bikaner being in order.
This Wikipedia page provides a comprehensive list of rivers in Rajasthan, India.
Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India.It lies partly in the Thar Desert.The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. The word "wad" literally means fence in Rajasthani languages.