Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.10

c10.10

The city of Ambar, the third capital in succession of the Jaipur State, is believed to have been founded in the 10th or 11th century A.D. It is also designated as Ambāvatī which was the capital of the territory called Dhuṇḍa or Duṇḍhāhada. Cunningham derives the name Ambar from Ambikeśvara, the name of a large temple at Ambar (D. R. Sahni, *Archaeological Remains and Excavations at Bairāt*, pp. 9ff.).