Jodhpur

Jodhpur the princely states of the Western Rajasthan, is known as Marwar, Maroodesh the land of the dead, or the big states of former Rajasthan. It was covering a major portion of the desert, which was ruled by the Rathore clan of Rajputs. The glorious history of Rajasthan bears testimony to the descent of the valiant rulers of Jodhpur chiefs of the Rathore clan from Jai chandra, the great king of Manauj.The ancestry of the Rathore is one of the proudest and most illustrous in Indian history. The Rashtrakutas in Deccan, were one of the most powerful Deccan were one of the most powerful dynasty in 753 to 973 AD of the mediaeval period. It is one of the most famous monuments of India, with the fall of the Rashtrakutas. Empire between 972 to 988 AD, their descedents, migrated to the North to conquer new Kindgoms. Around 1192 A.D. Rao Sinha, the founder of the present dynasty of the Rathore House of Jodhpur, migrated to the Thar desert. He was the grand son of Jaichandra of Kanauj. Rao