Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.t1.116

v3.c40.t1.116

Panchbhadra (3 do.).—Balotra fair on the 11th Magh—continues ten days. Balotra has four to five hundred houses in the tract called Siwanchi; the ridge unites with Jalor and Siwana. Panchbhadra has two hundred houses, almost all deserted since the famine. Here is the celebrated Agar, or salt-lake, yielding considerable revenue to the government. Gopti (2 coss).—Forty houses ; deserted ; one coss north of this the deep thal commences. Patod (4 do.).—A considerable commercial mart; four hundred houses ; cotton produced in great quantities. Sivai (4 do.).—Two hundred houses, almost deserted. Serara (1 do.).—Sixty houses. To Patod the tract is termed Siwanchi; from thence Indhavati, from the ancient lords of the Indha tribe. Bungara (3 do.) Solankitala (4 do.) Pongali (5 do.) { Bungara has seventy houses, Solankitala four hundred, and Pongali sixty. Throughout sand-hills. This tract is called Thalecha, and the Rathors who inhabit it, Thalecha Rathors. There are many of the Jat or Jāt tribe as cultivators. Pongali a Charan community. Bakri (5 do.).—One hundred houses ; inhabited by Charans. Dholsar (4 do.).—Sixty houses, inhabited by Paliwal Brahmans. Pokaran (4 do.).—From Bakri commences the Pokaran district; all flat, and though sandy, no tibas or hills.