Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.71
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.71
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v2.c29.t2.71
Extent, Population, Soil, Tibas or Sandhills.—The line of greatest breadth of this State extends from Pugal to Rajgarh, and measures about one hundred and eighty miles; while the length from north to south, between Bhatner and Mahajan, is about one hundred and sixty miles: the area may not exceed twenty-two thousand miles.¹ Formerly they reckoned two thousand seven hundred towns, villages, and hamlets scattered over this space, one-half of which are no longer in existence.