Dholpur

Dholpur lies on the northern bank of the Chambal, between Agra and Gwalior. The town is known for its red stone and for the sacred pool and temple of Machkund. Its fort has seen a succession of rulers: tradition credits its construction in 1120 to Dharmpal Jadaun, and Sikandar Lodi took Dholpur in 1491.

Babur recorded having a stepwell built here to accompany gardens he had laid out on an earlier visit. After the decline of Mughal authority, the town passed between competing powers, including Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, the Maratha Scindias of Gwalior and the British East India Company. The Company occupied it in 1803. In 1805 it came under Kirat Singh, the Jat ruler of Gohad, as a state under British supremacy.