Mewar

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Not to be confused with Marwar.
This article is about the natural and historical region. For the independent state in India prior to the formation of the Indian Republic, see
Udaipur State. For other uses, see Mewar (disambiguation)
.

Historical Region of Rajasthan, India
Mewar
Location Southern Rajasthan
Language
Mewari
Dynasties
Sisodias
(1326–1952)
Historical
capitals
Chittaurgarh, and Udaipur
Map of the Mewar Region

Mewar or Mewad is a region in the south-central part of

Neemuch and Mandsaur
of Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Gujarat.

For centuries, the region was ruled by

British East India Company governance in India and remained until the end of the British Raj
era.

The Mewar region lies between the

Ajmer to the north, Gujarat and the Vagad region of Rajasthan to the south, the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south and the Hadoti
region of Rajasthan to the east.

Etymology

The word "Mewar" is vernacular form of "Medapata" (

Mer people.[3]

The 1285 CE (1342 VS) Mount Abu (Achaleshwar) inscription of the Guhila king Samarasimha provides the following etymology while describing the military conquests of his ancestor Bappa Rawal (Bappaka): "This country which was, in battle, totally submerged in the dripping fat ('medas' in Sanskrit) of wicked people by Bappaka bears the name of Śrī Medapāṭa." Historian Anil Chandra Banerjee dismisses this as a "poetic fancy", but acknowledges the 'terrible' battles fought between the Rajputs and the Arabs.[4]

Geography

The northern and eastern portions of Mewar are made up of an elevated plateau while the western and southern portions were rocky and hilly with dense forests.

Yamuna River. The southern and western part of the region is hilly, and marks the divide between the Banas and its tributaries and the headwaters of the Sabarmati and Mahi rivers and their tributaries, which drain south into the Gulf of Khambhat through Gujarat state. The Aravalli Range, which forms the northwestern boundary of the region, is composed mostly of sedimentary rocks, like marble and Kota Stone
, which has traditionally been an important construction material.

The region is part of the

Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary, the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary and the Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary
.

Mewar has a

southwest monsoon
.

According to the 2011 Census of India this region has a population of 9,045,726 people.

See also

References

  1. OCLC 917040797
    .
  2. OCLC 161579
    .
  3. OCLC 2278769
    .
  4. OCLC 254699661
    .
  5. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Rajputana. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. 1908. pp. 106–168.
  6. ISBN 978-81-7625-841-8
    .

External links

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Further reading

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