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See also:KARAULI, or KEROWLEE
, a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Rajputana agency
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See also:Area, 1242 sq. m.; pop
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(1901), 156,786; estimated See also: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
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See also:Iron ore and See also:building See also: Maharaja Bhanwar See also:Pal Deo, who was See also:born in 1862 and succeeded in 1866, was appointed G . 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 See also: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 See also:palace of the maharaja is a handsome See also:block of buildings dating mainly from the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century . |
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