India’s Thar Desert has long been identified with a barren place and a layman would barely consider visiting this part of India. Yet, despite its oddity, there are some facts about the Thar Desert that might urge you to venture into its territory. Do you know how this desert came into being? Get yourself acquainted with many such interesting facts, below.

•  The Great Indian Thar Desert is the 18th largest subtropical desert land and also one of the most populated ones. It is said that about 40 per cent of the human population in Rajasthan lives in Thar Desert. It extends from Sutlej river and is enclosed by the Great Rann of Kutch, the Aravalli Mountains and the Indus River
• Thar Desert is believed to be the most civilized desert in the world. Ask why? The reason is that of all the world’s deserts, the Thar has roads, infrastructure and human settlements dating back to thousands of years. In fact, studies suggest that the civilisation thrived in the Thar region about 50000 years ago.
• Thar Desert marks the border for India and Pakistan. About 85 per cent of Thar Desert is in India and the rest is in Pakistan. In India alone, this desert stretches its boundaries to Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab….