KARAULI, or KEROWLEE  , a native state of India, in the Rajputana agency . Area, 1242 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 156,786; estimated revenue about £330,000 . Almost the entire territory is composed of hills and broken ground, but there are no lofty peaks, the highest having an elevation of less than 1400 ft. above sea-level . The Chambal river flows along the south-east boundary of the state . Iron ore and building stone comprise the mineral resources . The prevailing agricultural products are millets, which form the staple food of the people . The only manufactures consist of a little weaving, dyeing, wood-turning and stone-cutting . The principal imports are piece goods, salt, sugar, cotton, buffaloes and bullocks; the exports rice and goats . The feudal aristocracy of the state consists of Jadu Rajputs connected with the ruling house . They pay a tribute in lieu of constant military service, but in case of emergency or on occasions of state display they are bound to attend on the chief with their retainers . The maharaja is the head of the clan, which claims descent from Krishna .

Maharaja Bhanwar

Pal Deo, who was born in 1862 and succeeded in 1866, was appointed G . C.I.E. in 1897, on the occasion of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee . The town of KARAULI had a population in 1901 of 23,482 . It dates from 1348, and is well situated in a position naturally defended by ravines on the north and east, while it is further protected by a great wall . The palace of the maharaja is a handsome block of buildings dating mainly from the middle of the 18th century .