Kutlehar

Kutlehar was a small Hindu kingdom in the hills between the Sutlej and Beas. Tradition credited its foundation to Raja Gopal around 750. In 1337 it fought Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

Kutlehar faced Timur in 1398, and in 1556 Akbar made its raja pay tribute and leave a prince as a hostage in Delhi. Around 1700 the raja defied Mughal orders to attack Guru Gobind Singh’s Sikh army and met him at Rewalsar; his state lost much of its territory. Gorkhas occupied it from 1805 to 1809, and Punjab absorbed it in 1825.