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| leader_title2 = Legislature | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = 25 | leader_title4 = High Court | leader_name4 = Rajasthan High Court | unit_pref=Metric | area_total_km2=342239 |area_rank=1st |area_note= |area_footnotes= | elevation_m= |elevation_footnotes= | population_total=73,529,325 |population_rank=8th | population_density_km2=200 (Rank 24th) |population_as_of=2015 | population_note= |population_footnotes= | timezone1=IST |utc_offset1=+05:30 | iso_code=IN-RJ | blank_name_sec1 = HDI |blank_info_sec1= | blank_name_sec2 = Literacy |blank_info_sec2=67% | blank_info_sec3 = 67.68% 76.28% (male) 51.18% (female) | blank1_name_sec1 = HDI rank |blank1_info_sec1=17th 〔(India Human Development Report 2011:Towards Social Inclusion - IHDR_Summary.pdf )〕 | blank1_name_sec2 = Official language |blank1_info_sec2=Hindi〔 | blank2_name_sec2 = Additional official language |blank2_info_sec2=English, Punjabi | website = (rajasthan.gov.in ) }} Rajasthan ( ; literally, "Land of Kings")〔Tara Boland-Crewe, David Lea, ''The Territories and States of India'', p. 208.〕 is India's largest state by area ( or 10.4% of India's total area). It is located on the western side of the country, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Rajasthan Desert" and "Great Indian Desert") and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley. Elsewhere it is bordered by the other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its features include the ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization at Kalibanga; the Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only hill station, Mount Abu, in the ancient Aravalli mountain range; and, in eastern Rajasthan, the Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur, a World Heritage Site known for its bird life. Rajasthan is also home to two national tiger reserves, the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur and Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar. The state was formed on 30 March 1949 when Rajputanathe name adopted by the British Raj for its dependencies in the regionwas merged into the Dominion of India. Its capital and largest city is Jaipur, located on the state's eastern side. == Etymology == The first mention of the name "Rajasthan" appears in James Tod's 1829 publication ''Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India'', while the earliest known record of "Rajputana" as a name for the region is in George Thomas's 1800 memoir ''Military Memories''.〔 John Keay, in his book ''India: A History'', stated that "Rajputana" was coined by the British and even given a previous history: in 1829, John Briggs, translating Ferishta's history of early Islamic India, used the phrase "Rajpoot (Rajput) princes" rather than "Indian princes". R. C. Majumdar explained that the region was long known as "Gurjaratra", meaning "country protected or ruled by the Gurjars". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajasthan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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