[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.c30.t2.203 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.203 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.203 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.t2.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.203) Geography of Jaisalmer.—The country still dependent on the Rawal extends between 70° 30′ and 72° 30′ E. long., and between the parallels of 26° 20′ and 27° 50′ N. lat., though a small strip protrudes, in the N.-E. angle, as high as 28° 30′. This irregular surface may be roughly estimated to contain fifteen thousand square miles.² The number of towns, villages, and hamlets, scattered over this wide space, does not exceed two hundred and fifty; some estimate it at three hundred, and others depress it to two hundred; the mean cannot be wide of the truth. To enable the reader to arrive at a conclusion as to the population of this region, we subjoin a calculation, from data furnished by the best-informed natives, which was made in the year 1815; but we must add, that from the tyranny of the minister, the population of the capital (which is nearly half of the country), has been greatly diminished. - [Previous: v2.c30.t2.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.202) - [Next: v2.c30.t2.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.204) - [Up: v2.c30.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c30.t2.203) · Pramāṇa