Hin: राजसमन्द rājasamand
‘Raj Lake’ [Rajsamudra] – City/District, Rajasthan
From: Skt/Hin: samudra/samand(ar), ‘sea’, ‘ocean’.
Rajsamand is named after an artificial lake created here in the 17th century by Rana Raj Singh of Mewar. The lake, at the foot of the Aravalli Hills, is about 3 km wide, 7 km long and 18m deep. Kings used to weigh themselves here and present the local Brahmins with the weight in gold.
This is a mineral-rich region with ample supplies of marble, granite, zinc, silver, and manganese.
Ghat, Rajsamand Koustave
