Marwar

Not to be confused with Mewar.
This article is about the historical region. For the kingdom known as Marwar, see Jodhpur State. For the villages in Iran, see Marvar and Morvar.
For other uses, see Marwari (disambiguation).

Marwar
Jodhpur region
Marwar region is the areas near Jodhpur.
Marwar region is the areas near Jodhpur.
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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. English translation of the word 'Marwar' is the region protected by desert.[1]

Historically, the term 'Marwar' referred to a geographical entity spanning a cultural area across nearly all of Rajasthan.[2] More specifically, it designates the western region of the present-day state of Rajasthan, spanning the districts of Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Bikaner, Sikar, Churu, and Jhunjhunu.[3]

In its most contracted definition, Marwar comprises the areas governed by the erstwhile princely state of Jodhpur State, which includes the present-day districts of Barmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali and parts of Sikar. Jodhpur State was bounded on the north by Jangladesh region, on the northeast by Dhundhar, on the east by Ajmer, on the southeast by Mewar, on the south by Godwar, on the southwest by Sindh, and on the west by Jaisalmer.

  1. ^ "Rajasthan: Place of Kings and Forts". 29 May 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Jal, Murzban; Bawane, Jyoti; Ali, Muzaffar (19 September 2021). The Imbecile's Guide to Public Philosophy. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-44041-6. The historical Marwar, until the late 1800s, remained a formidable but a somewhat elusive geographical entity spanning a cultural area across nearly all of Rajputana. The geographical imagination of Rajputana was absent and what emerged was a political imagination of the region.
  3. ^ Kumar, Pavitra (1 August 2016). Bhujia Barons: The Untold Story of How Haldiram Built a Rs 5000-crore Empire. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-86057-73-0. The Marwar region includes the central and western parts of Rajasthan, the state's most infertile terrain. The word 'Marwar' itself is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Maruwat', meaning 'desert'.