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This page is an extract from <br/>
ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES <br/>
OF <br/>
'''RAJASTHAN '''<br/>

OR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN <br/>
RAJPUT STATES OF INDIA <br/>

By <br/>
LIEUT.-COL. JAMES TOD <br/>
Late Political Agent to the Western Rajput States <br/>

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by <br/>
WILLIAM CROOKE, CIE. <br/>
Hon. D.Sc. Oxon., B.A., F.R.A.l. <br/>
Late of the Indian Civil Service <br/>

In Three Volumes <br/>
VOL.I: GEOGRAPHY OF RAJASTHAN OR RAJPUTANA<br/>
[The Annals were completed in 1829]<br/>

HUMPHREY MILFORD <br/>
Oxford University Press <br/>
London Edinburgh Glasgow New York <br/>
Toronto Melbourne Bombay <br/>
1920 [The edition scanned] <br/>
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=Boundaries of Rajputana=

Rajasthan is the collective and classi
cal denomination of that portion of India which is ' the abode ‘ 
of (Rajput) princes.' In the familiar dialect of these countries 
it is termed Rajwara, but by the more refined Raethana, corrupted 
to Rajputana, the common designation amongst the British to 
denote the Rajput principalities. 

what might have been the nominal extent of Rajasthan prior 
to the Muhammadan conqueror Shihabu-d-din (when it probably
reached beyond the Jumna and Ganges, even to the base of the 
Himalaya) cannot now be known. At present we may adhere to 
its restrictive definition, still comprehending a wide space and a 
variety of interesting races. 

Previous to the erection of the minor Muhammadan monarchies 
Of  Mandu and Ahmadabad (the capitals of Malwa and Gujarat), 
on the ruins of Dhar and Anhilwara Patan, the term Rajasthan 
would have been appropriated to the space comprehended in the 
map prefixed to this work : the valley of the Indus on the west, 
and Bundelkhand 2  on the east ; to the north, the sandy tracts 
(south of the Sutlej) termed Jangaldes ; and the Vindhya moun
tains to the south. 

1  Or ' regal (raj) dwelling (than).' 
2  It is rather singular that the Sind River will mark this eastern boundary, 
as does the Indus (or great Sind) that to the west. East of this minor Sind 
the Hindu princes are not of pure blood, and are excluded from Rajasthan 
or Rajwara. 

This space comprehends nearly 8° of latitude and 9° of longi-
tude, being from 22° to 30° north latitude, and 69° to 78° east 
longitude, embracing a superficial area of 350,000 square miles1 [2]. 

Although it is proposed to touch upon the annals of all the 
States in this extensive tract, with their past and present condi-
tion, those in the centre will claim the most prominent regard ; 
especially Mewar, which, copiously treated of, will afford a 
specimen, obviating the necessity of like details of the rest.