The area of Jaipur was formally known as Dhundhar and later on as Amber. These changes in the nomenclature were also followed by certain drastic changes in the regimes and the politico- economic setup, which will be studied ahead. In the Medieval period the nomenclature of the territory now comprising the districts of Jaipur and Alwar was Dhundhar, which later came to be known as Amber Raj or the Jaipur state. There is debate regarding the territory of Dhundhar amongst the historians. Dr. J.P. Stration comments that the word dhund is desert waste land. He further says that the term Dhundhar may have been derived from demon king Dhundhu. In his work Col. Tod propounded that Dhundhar is the area around a celebrated sacrificial Dhundha i.e. mound on the western frontier near Kalik – Jobner. Nainsi in his Khayat also makes reference of the Dhundhar region.