Jhalawad

Jhalawad was a Jhala Rajput kingdom in the plains of Gujarat. Santaldev built Santalpur in 1304; in 1337 its rana ruled the inland tract from forts on that line.

After 1408 Shatrushaldev moved to Mandal and rebelled three times against Ahmed Shah I. Mahmud Begada sacked Kuva in 1487, when eight queens and seven hundred and fifty women died in a well. Raidharji moved the capital to Halvad in 1488. At Akbar's court, Rai Singh I, who succeeded in 1564, was said to have killed a champion wrestler with one blow. In 1742 Rai Singh II built Dhrangadhra fort.