Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.s2.49
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c16.s2.49
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The Desert.—From the north bank of the Luni to the south, and the Shaikhavat frontier to the east, the sandy region commences. Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer are all sandy plains, increasing in volume as you proceed westward. All this portion of territory is incumbent on a sandstone formation : soundings of all the new wells made from Jodhpur to Ajmer yielded the same result : sand, concrete siliceous deposits, and chalk.