Hin: मरुस्थली marusthalī
‘Desert Land’ Region, Rajasthan
From Skt: maru, ‘arid tract’, ‘sandy waste’, ‘desert’; Skt: sthala, ‘land’, ‘place’.
Marusthali is a 62,000 sq. km region north of the Luni River which forms the sand-dune-covered eastern part of the Thar or Great Indian Desert.
The Aravalli Range dominates in the East; sand dunes feature in the North; and the South is a mix of sand hills, rocks, scattered shrubs and limestone.
Thar Desert, Rajasthan sushmita balasubramani