Mandore

Mandore was a Rajput chiefdom north of Jodhpur, held by a branch of the Pratihara dynasty. In 1337 the chiefdom faced pressure from the Delhi Sultanate.

Seeking an ally against the Tughluqs, its raja married his daughter to the Rathore chief Rao Chunda and gave him Mandore as her dowry in 1395. The fortress became a Rathore capital, but Rana Kumbha of Mewar seized it in 1438. Rao Jodha recovered it in 1453 and founded Jodhpur in 1459, leaving Mandore as Marwar's royal cremation ground.