ms that it was ruled by the Tonwar
Rajputs, who had their seat at Delhi from the 8th to the 12th century.
In 1450 it had a raja of its own; but in 1501 the fort of Dholpur was
taken by the Mahommedans under Sikandar Lodi and in 1504 was transferred
to a Mussulman governor. In 1527, after a strenuous resistance, the fort
was captured by Baber and with the surrounding country passed under the
sway of the Moguls, being included by Akbar in the province of Agra.
During the dissensions which followed the death of Aurangzeb in 1707,
Raja Kalyan Singh Bhadauria obtained possession of Dholpur, and his
family retained it till 1761, after which it was taken successively by
the Jat raja, Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, by Mirza Najaf Khan in 1775, by
Sindhia in 1782, and in 1803 by the British. It was restored to Sindhia
by the treaty of Sarji Anjangaon, but in consequence of new arrangements
was again occupied by the British. Finally, in 1806, the territories of
Dholpur, Bari and Rajakhera were handed over to the maharaj rana Kirat
Singh, ancestor of the present chiefs of Dholpur, in exchange for his
state of Gohad, which was ceded to Sindhia.

The maharaj rana of Dholpur belongs to the clan of Bamraolia Jats, who
are believed to have formed a portion of the Indo-Scythian wave of
invasion which swept over northern India about A.D. 100. An ancestor of
the family appears to have held certain territories at Bamraoli near
Agra c. 1195. His descendant in 1505, Singhan Deo, having distinguished
himself in an expedition against the freebooters of the Deccan, was
rewarded by the sovereignty of the small territory of Gohad, with the
title of _rana_. In 1779 the rana of Gohad joined the British forces
against Sindhia, under a treaty which stipulated that, at the conclusion
of peace between the English and Mahrattas, all the territories then in
his possession should be guaranteed to him, and protected from invasion
by Sindhia. This protection was subsequently withdrawn, the rana having
been guilty of treachery, and in 1783 Sindhia succeeded in recapturing
the fortress of Gwalior, and crushed his Jat opponent by seizing the
whole of Gohad. In 1804, however, the family were restored to Gohad by
the British government; but, owing to the opposition of Sindhia, the
rana agreed in 1805 to exchange Gohad for his present territory of
Dholpur, which was taken under British protection, the chief binding
himself to act in subordinate co-operation with the para