Jaisalmer
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Jaisalmer, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town is located on a ridge of yellowish sandstone which contains a palace and temples. It lies in the middle of the Thar Desert and has a population of about 78,000. It is the capital of Jaisalmer District. The city is named after Rawal Jaisal.[1]
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- ↑ Balfour, Edward (1885). The cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia:. Original from Oxford University: B. Quaritch. p. page 406. http://books.google.com/books?id=3U0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA406&dq=%22Rawal+Jaisal%22&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a.
