Kanthal

Kanthal was an older name for the southern Rajasthan principality later called Pratapgarh. Its earlier capital was Devalia, also known as Devgarh, west of the later town. The change of capital under Pratap Singh in the closing years of the seventeenth century gave the state the name by which it became more widely known.

Pratap Singh began building a new palace and township near Devgarh; a fort wall with eight gateways enclosed the new settlement. Accounts date the work around the 1690s, with 1698 often given as the foundation year. The older name Kanthal nevertheless continued in use, as did the combined form Deolia-Pratapgarh. The coexistence of these names preserves a transition from one royal centre to another within the same regional polity.