Chandwar

Chandwar stands on the Yamuna in the Braj country of the Doab. Before the foundation of nearby Firozabad in the sixteenth century, it was the principal town of the surrounding area. Tradition attributes its foundation to Chandrasen of the Chauhan dynasty. In 1194 the Gahadavala ruler Jayachandra was killed in a battle associated with Chandwar, opening the way for further conquests by Muhammad of Ghor.

In 1420 Taj ul-Mulk, a general of the Delhi Sultanate, sacked the town; in 1452 another battle here brought Delhi and Jaunpur to a three-year truce. The Ain-i Akbari later recorded Chandwar as a mahal of Agra, with a brick fort overlooking the Yamuna. It remained the seat of a pargana until the mid-eighteenth century, when Suraj Mal of Bharatpur divided its jurisdiction between Khandauli and Firozabad.