Pugal

The Pugal line was a Bhati Rajput chiefly house holding the desert fort of Pugal, in the Jangladesh region of Rajasthan. The Bhati clan, whose main kingdom was Jaisalmer, had incorporated Pugal into its dominions by the twelfth century.

Its best-known ruler, Rao Kelana, also called Kelhana, was a disinherited elder son of Rao Kehar of Jaisalmer. He seized Pugal in 1414 and built a chiefship that at his death around 1430 controlled nine forts, including Derawar and Bhatner. He also joined the alliance that killed Rao Chunda of Marwar at Nagaur. Later in the fifteenth century Rao Shekha of Pugal resisted the rise of Rao Bika, founder of neighbouring Bikaner. The Pugal lands were eventually absorbed into Bikaner.