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Ghanerao, formerly known as Ganora, was founded in
1606 by Gopal Das Rathore, a brave Rajput warrior
from the Mertia clan. It is a small town but located
strategically at the entrance of one of the few
passes in the Aravallis, that connects the two major
cities, Jodhpur and Udaipur. This tiny village thus
formed a link between the territories held by the
two traditional strongholds of Rajasthan, Mewar and
Marwar, and featured often in the history of both
these two erstwhile princely states.
In the mid 15th century when both clans met as
equals, they determined the boundaries of their two
kingdoms with a saying "Aonla aonla Mewar, Baoliya
baoliya Marwar." Aonla is a shrub with bright yellow
flowers that flourished in Mewar but was not spotted
in Marwar. The baoliya, a robust thorny tree, on the
other hand was common in Marwar but not found in
Mewar. The Godwar region, of which Ghanerao forms a
part, has plains covered with aonla.
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