Bundelkhand

Bundelkhand was the upland country of the Bundela Rajputs, whose seat was Kundar. In 1337 Prithviraj of the Bundela family ruled there; the Bundelas had taken the fort from the Khangars in 1288.

Rudra Pratap Singh moved the capital to Orchha in 1531, and Panna later split off in 1657. From 1675 Chhatrasal of Panna built a kingdom in revolt against the Mughals; at his death in 1731 a third passed to the Maratha Peshwa Bajirao. Orchha moved its court to Tehri in 1783 and accepted British protection in 1812.