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Mathura district (Chhata) The region is located at the intersection of three states: Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. [2] In between the major cities of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The historical capital of the region is Alwar in modern day Rajasthan. Mewat is also part of the historical Braj region of India. [1]
Introduction. The Mewat, the land of an ancient tribe called as Meos, whose geographical position changed various times in response to the advancement of the Meos and aggression of the invaders. The alkaline soil of Mewat and the low production land made its residents rough and hard working.
Aug 2, 2017 · On both its sides lie densely populated villages and agriculturally fertile tracts. Besides, in the medieval times, Mewat was dotted with lakes, seasonal streams and springs that played an important role as a source of irrigation for agriculture.1.
Mewat is a cultural region rather than an administrative unit. Beginning approximately 64 km south-west of Delhi, its fluctuating boundaries are now estimated to extend 112 kilometers north to south and 80 kilometers west to east between latitude of 26 and 30 degrees north and longitude of 76 degrees east.
Jun 23, 2016 · Indo-persian chronicles and Meo oral traditions inform us that before their peasantization, the Meos, settled in the Kala Pahad and other hills of the Aravali range, ravines, and dense forests in the Mewat region, belonged to various tribal groups and were engaged in cattle-lifting, raids, and robberies on traders and travellers, thereby ...
Jun 23, 2016 · Contestations and Accommodations charts the social, economic, and political history of the Mewat region of north India from the 13th to the early 18th centuries.
Jun 23, 2016 · The whole of Mewat was divided into four sarkars comprised within the two Mughal subas of Agra and Delhi. 1 These sarkars were further divided into 70 parganas 2 and the Meos established their zamindari rights over 12, 14, and 4 parganas of Alwar, Tijara, and Sahar sarkars respectively. 3 The preponderance of Meo zamindaris in the region and ...
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