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Which of the following is the oldest names we come across in the Rigveda for present day Jodhpur?
Answer: C
The key gives Maru.
Maru, the desert land, is the old name of the region of present-day Jodhpur; Marwar ('land of Maru') descends from it. In the standard Rajasthan history syllabus Maru is given as the earliest name found for this tract.
The other names belong to other regions: Jangal (Jangaldesh) is the Bikaner area, Shursena covered Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli, and Matsya the region of Jaipur, Alwar and Bharatpur.
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