Mandsaur

Mandsaur is a city and municipality in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India, on the border of the Mewar and Malwa regions, and the administrative headquarters of Mandsaur District. It is identified with the ancient city of Dashapura, from which the Aulikara kings ruled, and a stone inscription of the king Yashodharman found nearby records his victory over Mihirakula. In 1732 the Maratha army under Holkar forced Jai Singh II of Amber to terms at the Battle of Mandsaur, and in 1818 the city gave its name to the treaty with the Holkar Maharaja of Indore that ended the Third Anglo-Maratha War. Under the princely state of Gwalior it was a centre of the Malwa opium trade. The ancient Pashupatinath Temple stands in the city, and the 2011 census of India counted 141,468 residents.