Bikaner

In 1459, Jodha transferred changed the capital of Marwar from Mandor to Jodhpur and the same year, his son Bika along with his uncle Kandhal led an army to enlarge the boundaries of Marwar in the North as like his brother Bida who subjugated the Mohils. Bika occupied the Sankhla Parmar area in Janglu which was abandoned because of frequent Baloch incursions. He allied with Sekha, the Bhati chief of Pugal gave his daughter in marriage to Bika. When Sekha objected to Bika's building a fort at Kuramdesar, Bika didn't heed his father-in-law and the Bhatis under Kalikaran, the son of Rawal Kehar of Jaisalmer attacked him - though Bika won the day, he had to abandon the fort and search for a new capital city. Pandu, the head of Godara Jats in dispute with the Johya(Janjua) Jats accepted him as their suzerain and gave him the power to levy dhuan (hearth tax) and tax on cultivation.

• To make common cause with them, against the Johyas and other Jat clans, with whom they were then at variance.

• To guard the western frontier against the irruption of the Bhattis.

• To hold the rights and privileges of the community inviolable

On the other hand, they would act as a barrier with the Bhattis of Jaisalmer. When asked what guarantee Bika or his successors won’t