Location of Jaisalmer within Rajputana circa 1525, with neighbouring polities.[1]
Jailsalmer State (orange) within Rajputana (yellow), 1909.
Area
• 1931
41,600 km2 (16,100 sq mi)
Population
• 1931
76,255
History
• Established
1156
• Independence of India
1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Sambhar
Indian Union
Today part of
Rajasthan, India
Coat of arms based on The Princely Armory. Publ. by The Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. Calcutta. 1877
Map of Jaisalmer State with the duchies of Satto, Pithala, Loharki, Lakhmana, Didhu, Kanod, Tota, Bhadariya, and NachnaThis is the royal standard of erstwhile Jaisalmer Princely State.[2] It continues to be royal flag of Bhatis. The flag still fly over the Jaisalmer fort and private properties of Bhati Rajputs.Maharawal Jaisal Singh, founder of Jaisalmer Fort.
The Kingdom of Jaisalmer was a Bhati Rajput kingdom in the far-western part of present-day Rajasthan, India, from the mid-12th century CE until 1947. In 1156 CE, Rawal Jaisal moved his capital from Ludarva to Jaisalmer because the former was vulnerable to attacks from Turko-Afghan and Baloch tribes. The descendants of Jaisal continued to exercise absolute control over Jaisalmer until 1818 CE, when a treaty of subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company bringing under British protection and sphere of influence. Known as the Maharawal, the native ruler of the princely state was entitled to a 15-gun salute.[3]
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147, map XIV.4 (a). ISBN 0226742210.
^"Jaisalmer". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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