Pokhran

Pokhran lies on the eastern approaches to Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert. Its fort rises above the settlement, a stone stronghold associated with the Rathore chiefs who held this part of the desert country. Roads across the arid plains linked Pokhran with Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, while wells and tanks supplied settlements where rainfall was scarce. The fort and town formed one of the stopping places along routes crossing western Rajasthan.