Nagaur

History

Earlier Empire belongs to gaur dynasty rajputs. The Nagaur Fort was built by Maharaja of Parmar Rajputs, and historically important to Kshatriyas of India. Naagvanshi Kshatriya took shelter around Nagaur. The Parmar Rajputs rulers dominated Nagaur for a long period of time. Parmar Rajputs ruler of Nagaur were appreciated by Sisodias of Chittor and Rathore of Jodhpur. The ancient name of the city was Ahichhatrapur. . In the medieval era, the town of Nagaur sat astride trade routes coming north from Gujarat and Sindh and those on the west crossing the Indus from Multan with a dead flat plain all around. The defence of the fort depended on the military and economic power of its rulers. And from the period of the Ghaznavid invasions, Nagaur was under the powerful Chauhan clan. A succession of rulers kept the whole of Jangladesh free from foreign rule down to the reign of Prithviraj Chauhan at the close of the 12th century. That Nagaur town came under the invaders is clear since Balban, before becoming Sultan, was given an estate centered on this desert town. But just as there were petty Hindu chiefs (of numerous castes) in the vast lands between Ajmer and Delhi, it is reasonable to suppose that such landholders were also present in the lands between Ajmer and Nagaur, paying land revenue to the Muslims and probably joining their army. Another similarity between Ajmer and Nagaur is the early founding of Sufi shrines at both places. One of the earliest Sufis to come to Nagaur was Sultan Tarkin, whose shrine was established during Hindu rule. After Khwaja Moinuddin established the Chishti Sufi order at Ajmer one of his disciples, named Hamiduddin, came to Nagaur. Hamiduddin accommodated some Hindu principles in his teachings—he became a strict vegetarian and lovingly reared…

Geography

Nagaur is located at . It has an average elevation of 302 metres (990 feet). Nagaur is situated amidst seven districts namely Bikaner, Churu, Sikar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur. Nagaur is the fifth largest district in Rajasthan with a vast terrain spreading over Its geographical spread is a good combine of plain, hills, sand mounds and as such it is a part of the great Indian Thar Desert.

Most-observed species

• Indian Peafowl

  Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
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• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
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• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
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• House Crow

  Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
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• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
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• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
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• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
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• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
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