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Sapphire blue Jodhpur glows under the warm glow of
the golden sun and resembles a desert jewel, aglitter
on the edge of the vast Thar.
The history of Jodhpur is associated with epic stories
of passion, political intrigues, and treachery.
Jodhpur was founded by Rao Jodha whose clan claims
descendant from Lord Rama, the hero of the great Indian
epic, Ramayana. According to available recorded history,
Nayal Pal established a kingdom at Kannauj that remained
the Rathore bastion for more than seven centuries, till
they were ousted by an attack by Mohammad Ghori. The
then ruler Jai Chand died while fleeing and his son
Shivaji later founded the Rathore kingdom at Mandore
by defeating the Pratiharas.
Rao Jodha's father Rainmal was killed as a result of
Court intrigue and Rao Jodha was forced to flee. Later
he recaptured his lost kingdom, when a hermit advised
him to set up capital atop a sandstone hillock on the
edge of the boundless gold Thar sands.
Though set in a waterless barren land, royal blue Jodhpur
flourished with regal elegance. Jodhpur was situated
on a famous ancient silk trade route that connected
India to different parts of Central Asia. Jodhpur was
thus a land of limitless riches and regal splendor.
The Mehrangarh Fort was near invincible and therefore
Jodhpur was almost immune to enemy attacks though the
Mughals and Marathas had their eye on this region. The
history of Jodhpur took a glorious turn when the Mughal
Emperor Akbar became a political ally of Jodhpur.
In the later years Jodhpur signed a treaty with the
Marathas and later with the Britishers to be able to
maintain its suzerainty.
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