[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829) › v1.c16.2 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.2 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c16.2) Boundaries of Rajputana.—Rajasthan is the collective and classical denomination of that portion of India which is ‘the abode¹ of (Rajput) princes.’ In the familiar dialect of these countries it is termed Rajwara, but by the more refined Raethana, corrupted to Rajputana, the common designation amongst the British to denote the Rajput principalities. - [Previous: v1.c15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c15.17) - [Next: v1.c16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c16.3) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v1.c16.2) · Pramāṇa