JODHPUR, the capital of the Rajput State of Marwar, in lat. 17' N., and long. 73' 4' E. It was built by Rao Jodha in A.D. 1549. The river Luni is the most marked feature in the physical aspect of Marwar. The only important lake is the famous salt lake of Sambhar, on the borders of Jodhpur and Jeypore. Two other depressions of the same kind exist, one in the north of Jodhpur at Didwana, and the other in the south at Pachpadra. The annual out-turn of salt from these two latter lakes is estimated at about 1,200,000 maunds (say 43,000 tons). The population consists of Rajputs, Oharans, Bhats, Jats, Bishnawis, Minas, Bhils, and of the usual mixed Hindu population, with a scanty number of Muhammadans. The ruling chief of Jodhpur holds that position as chief of the Rahtor clan of Rajputs, to whom the territory belongs. The princes of Jodhpur and Udaipur (Oodeypore) term themselves Surjya Vansa or the Solar race. and claim descent from Rama. The founder of the dynasty migrated from Kanouj ; and the Rahtor race, from its warlike and aggressive pro pensities, became the most powerful clan of the Rajputs. Several independent States were founded by offshoots from it, among which are the present States of Bikanir (Bikaner) and Kishengarh iu Raj putana, and Edar and Ahmadnaggur in Gujerat.
On the 24th February 1873, Maharaja Jeswunt Singh succeeded to the throne. The installation ceremony was performed in the fort on the 1st March. His forehead was marked with a spot of blood which the thakur of Bugri, a dependency of Jodhpur, had supplied by cutting one of his fingers with a sword, according to custom. After all had taken their seats, it was announced that thenceforth Jeswunt Singh was the ruler of the territory. The brothers of the maharaja and other people then presented nuzzers, and the guns boomed forth salutes. At two in the afternoon the maharaja's sowari rode through the city. The populace turned out to render homage.—Rast Goftar.
JOG. SArSK. Union, junction. In Hinduism, amongst ascetics, the practice of religious abstrac tion, with the object of the individual being united to the universal soul and acquiring similar super natural powers.— Wilson.