Chanderi
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Chanderi, is a town of historical importance in Ashoknagar District of the state Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated at a distance of 127 km from Shivpuri, 37 km from Lalitpur, 55 km from Ashok Nagar and about 46 km from Isagarh. It is surrounded by hills southwest of the Betwa River. Chanderi is surrounded by hills, lakes and forests and is spotted with several monuments of the Bundela Rajputs and Malwa sultans. It is famous for ancient Jain Temples.
Its population in 2011 was 33,081.
View of Chanderi town from kila Kothi. The Chaubisi Jain temple with 24 shikharas, installed in 1836 by Bhattaraka Harichand of Sonagir, is in the center.
Khandargiri Jain Cave temples
It is a 45 feet tall rock cut murti of the first Jain Tirthankara Rishabhnath, popularly known as Adinath
Gwalior State
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Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire.
The Maharaja of Gwalior before his palace by Edwin Lord Weeks.
Ranoji Scindia, founder of the Scindia dynasty of Gwalior
Mahadaji Shinde