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	The word "Mewar" is vernacular form of "Medapata" ([[IAST]]: Medapāṭa), the ancient name of the region. The earliest epigraph that mentions the word "Medapata" is a 996–997 CE (1053 [[Vikrama Samvat\|VS]]) inscription discovered at Hathundi ([[Bijapur, Rajasthan\|Bijapur]]). The word "pata" or "pataka" refers to an administrative unit. According to the historian G. C. Raychaudhuri, Medapata was named after the Meda tribe, which has been mentioned in [[Varāhamihira]]'s ''Brihat-Samhita''.<ref>{{cite book \|author=G. C. Raychaudhuri \|title=History of Mewar from the Earliest Times to 1303 A.D. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMIBAAAAMAAJ \|year=1940 \|publisher=Kanjilal, Calcutta University Press \|oclc=917040797 \|page=8 }}</ref> The 1460 [[Kumbhalgarh]] inscription associates the Medas with Vardhana-giri (modern [[Badnor, Rajasthan\|Badnor]] in Mewar region).<ref>{{cite book \|author=Dineschandra Sircar \|title=The Guhilas of Kiṣkindhā \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VzRAAAAMAAJ \|year=1963 \|publisher=[[The Sanskrit College and University\|Sanskrit College]] \|oclc=161579 \|page=38 }}</ref> Historian Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri associates the ancient Medas with the modern [[Mer people]].<ref>{{cite book \|author=Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri \|title=Ethnic settlements in ancient India \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386 \|year=1955 \|publisher=General \|location=Calcutta \|oclc=2278769 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386/page/n225 26] }}</ref>		The word "Mewar" is vernacular form of "Medapata" ([[IAST]]: Medapāṭa), the ancient name of the region. The earliest epigraph that mentions the word "Medapata" is a 996–997 CE (1053 [[Vikrama Samvat\|VS]]) inscription discovered at Hathundi ([[Bijapur, Rajasthan\|Bijapur]]). The word "pata" or "pataka" refers to an administrative unit. According to the historian G. C. Raychaudhuri, Medapata was named after the Meda tribe, which has been mentioned in [[Varāhamihira]]'s ''Brihat-Samhita''.<ref>{{cite book \|author=G. C. Raychaudhuri \|title=History of Mewar from the Earliest Times to 1303 A.D. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMIBAAAAMAAJ \|year=1940 \|publisher=Kanjilal, Calcutta University Press \|oclc=917040797 \|page=8 }}</ref> The 1460 [[Kumbhalgarh]] inscription associates the Medas with Vardhana-giri (modern [[Badnor, Rajasthan\|Badnor]] in Mewar region).<ref>{{cite book \|author=Dineschandra Sircar \|title=The Guhilas of Kiṣkindhā \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VzRAAAAMAAJ \|year=1963 \|publisher=[[The Sanskrit College and University\|Sanskrit College]] \|oclc=161579 \|page=38 }}</ref> Historian Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri associates the ancient Medas with the modern [[Mer people]].<ref>{{cite book \|author=Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri \|title=Ethnic settlements in ancient India \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386 \|year=1955 \|publisher=General \|location=Calcutta \|oclc=2278769 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386/page/n225 26] }}</ref>

	The 1285 CE (1342 VS) [[Mount Abu]] ([[Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple\|Achaleshwar]]) inscription of the [[Guhila dynasty\|Guhila]] king Samarasimha provides the following etymology while describing the military conquests of his ancestor [[Bappa Rawal]] (Bappaka): "This country which was, in battle, totally submerged in the dripping fat ({{'}}''medas''{{'}} in [[Sanskrit]]) of wicked people by Bappaka bears the name of Śrī Medapāṭa." Historian Anil Chandra Banerjee dismisses this as a "poetic fancy".<ref>{{cite book \|author=Anil Chandra Banerjee \|title=Medieval studies \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693 \|year=1958 \|publisher=A. Mukherjee & Co. \|oclc=254699661 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693/page/n31 19] }}</ref>		The 1285 CE (1342 VS) [[Mount Abu]] ([[Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple\|Achaleshwar]]) inscription of the [[Guhila dynasty\|Guhila]] king Samarasimha provides the following etymology while describing the military conquests of his ancestor [[Bappa Rawal]] (Bappaka): "This country which was, in battle, totally submerged in the dripping fat ({{'}}''medas''{{'}} in [[Sanskrit]]) of wicked people by Bappaka bears the name of Śrī Medapāṭa." Historian Anil Chandra Banerjee dismisses this as a "poetic fancy", but acknowledges the 'terrible' battles fought between the Rajputs and the Arabs.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Anil Chandra Banerjee \|title=Medieval studies \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693 \|year=1958 \|publisher=A. Mukherjee & Co. \|oclc=254699661 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693/page/n31 19] }}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==

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{{About|the natural and historical region|the independent state in India prior to the formation of the Indian Republic|Udaipur State|other uses}}
{{short description|Region in the Indian state of Rajasthan}}
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| ''Southern Rajasthan''
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| [[Mewari]]
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| [[Mori Rajputs|Moris]] (up to 734 AD)<br/>[[Guhilas of Medapata|Guhilas]] (Guhilots) (734–1303), [[Sisodia]]s (1326–1952)
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[[File:Map rajasthan mewar.png|thumb|Map of the Mewar Region|alt=|290x290px]]
'''Mewar''' or '''Mewad''' is a region in the south-central part of [[Rajasthan]] state of India. It includes the present-day districts of [[Bhilwara District|Bhilwara]], [[Chittorgarh District|Chittorgarh]], [[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh]], [[Rajsamand District|Rajsamand]], [[Udaipur District|Udaipur]], Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of [[Rajasthan]], [[Neemuch District|Neemuch]] and [[Mandsaur district|Mandsaur]] of Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Gujarat.

For centuries, the region was ruled by [[Rajput]]s. The [[princely state]] of [[Udaipur State|Udaipur]] emerged as an administrative unit during the period of [[British East India Company]] governance in India and remained until the end of the [[British Raj]] era.

The Mewar region lies between the [[Aravali Range]] to the northwest, [[Ajmer region|Ajmer]] to the north, [[Gujarat]] and the [[Vagad]] region of Rajasthan to the south, the [[Malwa]] region of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state to the southeast and the [[Hadoti]] region of Rajasthan to the east.

==Etymology==
The word "Mewar" is vernacular form of "Medapata" ([[IAST]]: Medapāṭa), the ancient name of the region. The earliest epigraph that mentions the word "Medapata" is a 996–997 CE (1053 [[Vikrama Samvat|VS]]) inscription discovered at Hathundi ([[Bijapur, Rajasthan|Bijapur]]). The word "pata" or "pataka" refers to an administrative unit. According to the historian G. C. Raychaudhuri, Medapata was named after the Meda tribe, which has been mentioned in [[Varāhamihira]]'s ''Brihat-Samhita''.<ref>{{cite book |author=G. C. Raychaudhuri |title=History of Mewar from the Earliest Times to 1303 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMIBAAAAMAAJ |year=1940 |publisher=Kanjilal, Calcutta University Press |oclc=917040797 |page=8 }}</ref> The 1460 [[Kumbhalgarh]] inscription associates the Medas with Vardhana-giri (modern [[Badnor, Rajasthan|Badnor]] in Mewar region).<ref>{{cite book |author=Dineschandra Sircar |title=The Guhilas of Kiṣkindhā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VzRAAAAMAAJ |year=1963 |publisher=[[The Sanskrit College and University|Sanskrit College]] |oclc=161579 |page=38 }}</ref> Historian Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri associates the ancient Medas with the modern [[Mer people]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri |title=Ethnic settlements in ancient India |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386 |year=1955 |publisher=General |location=Calcutta |oclc=2278769 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12386/page/n225 26] }}</ref>

The 1285 CE (1342 VS) [[Mount Abu]] ([[Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple|Achaleshwar]]) inscription of the [[Guhila dynasty|Guhila]] king Samarasimha provides the following etymology while describing the military conquests of his ancestor [[Bappa Rawal]] (Bappaka): "This country which was, in battle, totally submerged in the dripping fat ({{'}}''medas''{{'}} in [[Sanskrit]]) of wicked people by Bappaka bears the name of Śrī Medapāṭa." Historian Anil Chandra Banerjee dismisses this as a "poetic fancy".<ref>{{cite book |author=Anil Chandra Banerjee |title=Medieval studies |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693 |year=1958 |publisher=A. Mukherjee & Co. |oclc=254699661 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12693/page/n31 19] }}</ref>

==Geography==
The northern and eastern portions of Mewar are made up of an elevated plateau while the western and southern portions were rocky and hilly with dense forests.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006213507|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Rajputana|publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing|year=1908|location=Calcutta|pages=106–168}}</ref> The watershed divide between drainage of the [[Bay of Bengal]] and drainage of the [[Gulf of Khambhat]] runs almost through the centre of Mewar.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC|title=Studies in Indian History: Rajasthan Through the Ages Vol. 5|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=2008|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=R.K.|location=New Delhi|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC/page/n72 64]–77|editor-last2=Bakshi|editor-first2=S.R.}}</ref> The northern and eastern part of Mewar is a gently sloping plain, drained by the Bedach and [[Banas River]] and its tributaries, which empty northwest into the [[Chambal River]], a tributary of the [[Yamuna River]]. The southern and western part of the region is hilly, and marks the divide between the Banas and its tributaries and the headwaters of the [[Sabarmati River|Sabarmati]] and [[Mahi River|Mahi]] rivers and their tributaries, which drain south into the [[Gulf of Khambhat]] through [[Gujarat]] state. The [[Aravalli Range]], which forms the northwestern boundary of the region, is composed mostly of sedimentary rocks, like [[marble]] and [[Kota Stone]], which has traditionally been an important construction material.

The region is part of the [[Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests]]' [[ecoregion]]. Protected areas include the [[Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary]], the [[Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary]], the [[Bassi (sanctuary)|Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary]] and the [[Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary]].

Mewar has a [[tropical]] climate. Rainfall averages 660 mm/year, and is generally higher in the southwest and lower in the northeast of the region. Over 90% of the rain typically falls in the period of June to September every year, during the [[southwest monsoon]].

==See also==
*[[Baansi]]
*[[Gogunda]]
*[[Ajmer-Merwara]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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==Further reading==
* ''Mewar through the ages'', by D. L. Paliwal. Sahitya Sansthan, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, 1970
* ''The Kingdom of Mewar: great struggles and glory of the world's oldest ruling dynasty'', by Irmgard Meininger. D.K. Printworld, 2000. {{ISBN|81-246-0144-5}}.
* ''Costumes of the rulers of Mewar: with patterns and construction techniques'', by Pushpa Rani Mathur. Abhinav Publications, 1994. {{ISBN|81-7017-293-4}}.

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