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Jaisalmer , former principality, Rajasthan state, NW India. Its terrain is largely a sandy or stony waste and constitutes a section of the Thar Desert. Jaisalmer was brought under the Mughal empire by Akbar in 1570. It became a British protectorate in 1818. In 1949 the region was incorporated into Rajasthan state. It is now a rail terminus and strategic military post close to the Pakistan border.

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Jaisalmer, Rājasthān/India Founded in 1156 by, and named after, the Bhatti Rājput chieftain, Rāwal Jaisal, who made it his capital because it had a large oasis and was more easily defendable than his previous capital at Lodurva.

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