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Jaipur

historical state, India

Also known as: Amber

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Rājasthān

In India: Rajasthan in the 18th century
…be placed the case of Jaipur (earlier Amber) in eastern Rajasthan, a Rajput principality controlled by the Kachwaha clan. From the 16th century the Kachwahas had been subordinate to the Mughals and had, as a consequence, gradually managed to consolidate their hold over the region around Amber in the course…
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