The following
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Rajasthan:
Rajasthan largest state of the
Republic of India by area, is located in the northwest of
India. It comprises most of the area of the large, inhospitable Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, which parallels the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with
Pakistan to the west. Rajasthan is also bordered by Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Rajasthan covers 10.4% of India, an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi).
Rajasthani language – language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 20 million people in Rajasthan and neighboring states of India and Pakistan, or 50 million if Marwari if counted as Rajasthani, as it often is.