Jodhpur

Jodhpur, or MARWAR, the largest in area of the Rajputana states, containing 37,000 sq. m.; and the second in population (2,521,727 in 1891). Agriculture generally is in a backward condition, and there are few manufactures save of salt from the Sūmbhār lake, half in Jodhpur and half in Jeypore (q.v.). There are no railways, but one good road traverses the state. Education is neglected. The climate is remarkably dry, and the difference of temperature between night and day very great. Jodhpur was taken under British protection in 1818, paying a tribute of £10,000 a year, and providing a 'contingent' of native horse. The country was ill governed; and the contingent joined the mutineers in 1857.—The capital city of the state, Jodhpur, founded in 1459, is of little interest. The marked difference between Jodhpur and the adjacent state of Jeypore (q.v.) is very interesting.