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See also: state of See also: India, in the See also: Rajputana agency
.
See also: Area, 1242 sq. m.; pop
.
(1901), 156,786; estimated revenue about £330,000
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Almost the entire territory is composed of hills and broken ground, but there are no lofty peaks, the highest having an See also: elevation of less than 1400 ft. above See also: sea-level
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The See also: Chambal See also: river flows along the See also: south-See also: east boundary of the state
.
Iron ore and See also: building See also: stone comprise the
See also: mineral resources
.
The prevailing agricultural products are millets, which See also: form the See also: staple See also: food of the See also: people
.
The only manufactures consist of a little See also: weaving, dyeing, See also: wood-turning and stone-cutting
.
The See also: principal imports are piece goods, See also: salt, See also: sugar, See also: cotton, buffaloes and bullocks; the exports See also: rice and goats
.
The feudal aristocracy of the state consists of Jadu Rajputs connected with the ruling See also: house
.
They pay a tribute in lieu of See also: constant military service, but in See also: case of emergency or on occasions of state display they are bound to attend on the chief with their retainers
.
The maharaja is the See also: head of the clan, which claims descent from See also: Krishna
.
Maharaja Bhanwar See also: Pal Deo, who was See also: born in 1862 and succeeded in 1866, was appointed G
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C.I.E. in 1897, on the occasion of See also: Queen See also: Victoria's See also: diamond See also: jubilee
.
The See also: town of See also: KARAULI had a population in 1901 of 23,482
.
It See also: dates from 1348, and is well situated in a position naturally defended by ravines on the See also: north and east, while it is further protected by a See also: great See also: wall
.
The palace of the maharaja is a handsome See also: block of buildings dating mainly from the See also: middle of the 18th century
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