[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) › v2.c28.73 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.73 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.73 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.73) ² \[The word Mewār represents the original Medapāta, “land of the Med tribe.” The bulk of the army of Chashtana, the Western Satrap, appears to have consisted of Mevas or Medas, from whose settlement in Central Rājputāna the province seems to have received its present name, Mewāda (BG, i. Part i. 33).\] - [Previous: v2.c28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.72) - [Next: v2.c28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.74) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.73) · Pramāṇa