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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Maukala
| native_name = मौकाला
| native_name_lang = hi
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.14|N|74.51|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nagaur district|Nagaur]]
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| leader_title = Maharaj Saheb Shri
| leader_name = Jabar Singh Chouhan
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| population_total = 18,000
| population_as_of = 1901
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 341510
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'''Maukala''' is a city in Merta Taluk, Nagaur District of the State of [[Rajasthan]] in India embellished with temples and palaces. It is also referred to as [[Mokala]] or [[Myokal]] in some texts. [[Merta City|Merta]] City is bounded by Mokala in the west. Ajmer and Jodhpur are easily accessible from Mokala via roadways. The nearest airport is at Jodhpur. The prime attractions include Meera Bai Temples, Pushkar and palaces in the region. [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FKjskTz9cyMJ:www.indianetzone.com/13/merta_city_rajasthan.htm+Merta+City+is+bounded+by+Mokala+in+the+west&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in]

==History==
It was a Strong Princely [[Thikana]] of [[Chauhan]] [[Rajputs]] in British [[India]] and had the famous town [[Makrana]] of world's most renowned white [[marble]] from which The [[Taj Mahal]] was built. Joseph [[Rudyard Kipling]], who was an English short-story writer, poet, novelist and a Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1907, wrote in his works about Myokal or Maukala.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_greatcensus1.htm|title=The Smith Administration - VI}}</ref>

==The Chauhan Rulers of Maukala==
* Thakur Sahib Shri Bagh Singh Ji, married daughter of Thakur Sahib of [[Pachranda]] Thikana of Jodhpur and had issue, 4 sons and 2 daughters.
** Kunwar Zabar Singh, married daughter of Thakur Sahib of Thikana [[Babra, Gujarat|Babra]]
** Kunwar Mohan Singh, married daughter of Thakur Sahib of Thikana Badi-[[Khatu]]
** Kumari Baiji Lal Sajjan Kanwar Sahiba, married son of Thakur Sahib of [[Abhaypura]] [[Jiliya]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jiliya.html|title=Forwarding student email|date=19 November 2018}}</ref>
** Kunwar Girdhari Singh, married daughter of Thakur Sahib of Thikana [[Pala Empire|Palas]] (Jodhpur)
** Kunwar Kishan Singh, married daughter of Thakur Sahib of [[Borunda]] Thikana
** Kumari Baiji Lal Munni Kanwar Sahiba, married son of Thakur Sahib of [[Kalwar, Rajasthan|Kalwar]] Thikana

== See also ==
* [[Thikana]]
* [[Chauhan]]
*[[Makrana]]
* [[Tazimi]] Naresh
*[[Abhaypura]] [[Jiliya]]
*[[Jadawata]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Nagaur district]]

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