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Best Season: October to March.
Languages: Rajasthani, English, HIndi.

Climate
Summer: Max 42 degrees celsius; Min 25.4 degrees celsius.
Winter: Max 22 degrees celsius; Min 9.6 degrees celsius.

Clothing
Summer: light tropical.
Winter:light woollen.

In 846 A.D. it was ruled by a Chauhan family, apparently as a feudatory of Kannauj. Dholpur was the invasions with valour, it was, time and again, occupied by the invading forces and suffered plunder and devastation. Sikander Lodi attacked and occupied Dholpur in 1501 A.D. His forces plundered the city and even uprooted all the gardens that shaded Dholpur. It was again invaded by Babar in 1526 A.D. During Humayun’s regime the site of Dholpur town was moved northwards to avoid erosion by the river Chambal.

Shergarh is an old fort of historic importance, located towards the south of Dholpura small state but it had a very turbulent history. Its strategic location on the main route from Kabul and Delhi to Deccan and its proximity to cities like Gwalior, Agra and Bayana attracted attention of almost all powerful kings and rulers of Delhi and Agra. Though the rulers of Dholpur resisted

Places To See
Talab Shahi: The historic and picturesque lake, Talab Shahi, and the palace were built in 1617 A.D. as a shooting lodge for Prince Shah Jahan. Later on it was maintained by the rulers of Dholpur. The lake attracts a large number of winter migratory fowls like pintail, shoveller, red crested pochard, comnion pochard, tufted duck, common teal, garganey teal, wigeon anti gadwall.

Muchund: Picturesque and ancient scared place Muchkund is about 8 kms. from the town of Dholpur. The place is named after Raja Muchkund, the twenty fourth King of the Suryavanshi dynasty (the solar race) is said to have reigned nineteen generations before Lord Ram. According to legend Raja Muchkund, was sleeping here when a demon Kaal Yaman while pursuing Lord Krishna, accidentally woke him up. The demon Kaal Yaman was burnt to ashes because of a divine blessing to Raja Muchkund. It is now a sacred place for pilgrim. It is said that the enclosures around it were built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar.