The town was also known as Suvarngiri or Songir, the Golden Mount, on which the fort stands. It was a flourishing town in the 8th century and according to some historical sources, in the 8th-9th centuries, one branch of the Pratihara empire ruled at Jablipur (Jalore). Uddyotana-suri composed Kuvalaya-mala at Jabalipura in 779 CE, during the reign of the Gurjara-Pratihara king Vatsaraja.

Raja Man Pratihar was