Agar

Agar lies in western Malwa, north of Ujjain. Local tradition credits its foundation in the tenth century to Agria Bhil, who is also associated with the Baijnath Mahadev temple. Jahala Rajputs later held the town until the eighteenth century, when it passed to the Panwars of Dhar and then to the Scindias. Under the Scindias several palaces were built in Agar, adding to the town's legacy of successive rulers.