The major part of the Shahpura tehsil is an undulating sandy tract. The greater part of its area being sandy and devoid of motor- roads and modern transport facilities. The main means of transport have been camels and bullock-carts, which served not only this tehsil but the entire State of Rajasthan for thousand of years. There were hardly any road in the sense in which we understand this term1, “for handling consignments of produce and merchandise and facilitating travelling bullock-carts, as mentioned by the nontemporary writers and depicted by artists, where commonly used in eastern parts of Rajasthan, where ground was generally even and hard.

Keywords: Motor- Roads, Consignments of Produce, Travelling Bullock-Carts, Hardground.

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