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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  • Jaisalmer Fort

  • View from Jaisalmer Fort

  • Old city

  • Trading in old city

  • Jaisalmer Fort

  • Fort palace

  • Patwon Ki haveli

  • Lake Gadsisar

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  1. ↑ Balfour, Edward (1885). The cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia:. Original from Oxford University: B. Quaritch. p. 406.
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