Karauli

Karauli was a Rajput kingdom of the Jadaun clan in the Braj country. In 1337 its ruler was Arjun Pal, whose family traced its rule to the chief Vijay Pal of Mathura.

In 1348 Arjun Pal founded a new capital at Kalyanpuri, later called Karauli. Sultan Mahmud Khalji of Malwa stormed it in 1454, forcing the rajas to retreat to Untagarh; Raja Gopaldas recovered it under the Mughal emperor Akbar. In 1817 Karauli accepted a subsidiary alliance with the East India Company.