Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.t1.94

v3.c40.t1.94

Dabla (3 do.).—Thirty houses, Pokharna Brahmans. Akali (2 do.).—Thirty houses, Chauhans, well and small talao. Chor (5 do.).—Sixty houses, mixed classes. Devikot (2 do.).—A small town of two hundred houses; belongs to the Jaisalmer fisc or khalisa. There is a little fort and garrison. A talao or pool excavated by the Paliwals, in which water remains throughout the year after much rain. Sangar (6 do.).—*N.B.* This route is to the east of that (following) by Chincha, the most direct road to Balotra, and the one usually travelled; but the villages are now deserted. Biasar (2 do.).—Forty houses, and talao. Bhikarae 2 coss distant. Mandai (frontier) (2½ do.).—Two hundred and fifty houses. Sahib Khan Sahariya with a hundred horse is stationed here; the town is khalisa and the last of Jaisalmer. The ridge from Jaisalmer is close to all the places on this route to Mandi. Gunga (4½ do.).—Thana, or post of Jodhpur. Sheo (2 do.).—A large town of three hundred houses, but many deserted, some through famine. Chief of a district. A Hakim resides here from Jodhpur; collects the transit dues, and protects the country from the depredations of the Sahariyas. Kotra (3 do.).—Town of five hundred houses, of which only two hundred are now inhabited. On the north-west side is a fort on the ridge. A Rathor chief resides here. The district of Sheo Kotra was taken from the Bhattis of Jaisalmer by the Rathors of Jodhpur. Vesala (6 do.).—In ancient times a considerable place; now only fifty houses. A fort on the ridge to the south-west, near two hundred feet high; connected with the Jaisalmer ridge, but often covered by the lofty *tibas* of sand.