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days and can walk easily on sand. The people travelling on camels across

the Great Indian Desert in groups are called caravans.

The camel is called the Ship of the Desert. It

is widely used for pulling carts, ploughing the
fields and also as a beast of burden. Its milk

and meat is used as food. The hair of camel is
used for making clothes and carpets. Its skin

is used for making tents.

Camel
• Critical thinking

Cross (7) the wrong statements.
1. The Tapti flows through the Thar Desert.

2. Some part of the Thar Desert is rocky.
3. The Rajasthan Canal supplies water from the Satluj.

Some people grow crops near the oasis. The main crops grown are wheat,
maize, jowar, bajra, cotton, vegetables, etc. The presence of minerals has

encouraged quarrying and mining.

The people of the Western Desert wear colourful clothes. Men like to

wear dhoti-kurta and turban. Women like to wear ghaghra-choli with an
odhni to cover the head. The main languages spoken by the people are

Rajasthani and Hindi. The main festivals celebrated are Teej, Gangaur,
Dussehra, Diwali, Holi and Id. The main folk dance is Ghoomar.

Jaipur, the Pink City, is
the capital of Rajasthan.
Other important cities

are Ajmer, Jodhpur,

Udaipur, Mount Abu,
Bikaner, Kota, Jaisalmer
and Chittorgarh. The

Dilwara Jain Temple in

Mount Abu is famous for
its marble carvings.
Dilwara Jain Temple

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