Rawal Jaisal
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Rawal Jaisal was a Bhati rajput. He was the son of King Dusaj of Laudrava; however, his father appointed Jaisal's younger brother Vijayraj Lanjha as his successor. After Vijayraj took the throne, Jaisal was driven out of the kingdom and formed an army. Vijayraj Lanjha died on the battlefield in the resulting war. Following this war, other Bhati rajputs accepted Jaisal as their new king and stopped fighting among themselves; however, the city of Laudrava was completely destroyed. Its ruins can be seen near Jaisalmer in village Laudrva.
Jaisal then searched for a suitable site for a new capital. While searching, he found a saga at Trikuta mountain who told him about a well on the mountain in which a rock was laid by Shri Krishna himself said to Arjuna that one day his descendants would come to it and make a new capital. This rock still remains in the well on the Jaisalmer fort which created by Jaisal and named after him. His son Shalivahan was also a great king known for commissioning sculptures in the city. Shalivahan had four princes and was followed by King Bijal. Shalivahan's second prince Mokal was an extraordinary general.
Rawal Jaisal was a descendant of the Yaduvanshi clan and was a Bhati Rajput. The word "Bhati" is said to be derived from the Hindi word, 'Bhatakna' ("to wander"). It is also said that these people were known as the Bhati after an ancestor Rao Bhati (who founded Bathinda), the father of Rawal Jaisal.
In 1156 Rawal Jaisal, the sixth in succession from Deoraj, founded the fort and city of Jaisalmer, and made it his capital as he moved from his former capital at Lodhruva (which is situated about 15 km to the south-east of Jaisalmer).
