Jodhpur, largest Rajputana State, under British protection since 1818; is backward in government, education, agriculture, and manufactures; tin, lead, and iron are found; salt is made at Sambhar Lake. The state revolted at the Mutiny. Jodhpur (62), the capital, is 350 m. SW. of Delhi, and is connected by rail with Jeypore and Bombay.
Population (circa 1900) given as 2,522,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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