Phalvardhika

Phalvardhika, later known as Phalodi, lies on the edge of the Thar Desert between Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. The settlement is associated with a fifteenth-century foundation and grew around a fort in the dry Marwar country. Its position on routes across western Rajasthan connected it with desert trade, while local wells supported habitation in a region of sparse rainfall. The older name survives in accounts of the town’s beginnings.