Hara Chauhan kingdom on the eastern Chambal, split off from Bundi when Rao Madho Singh was granted Kota and its dependencies to hold direct of the Mughal crown; it soon outgrew its parent state.
Subsidiary alliance with the East India Company on 25 December 1817; acceded to India on 15 August 1947 and merged into Rajasthan on 25 March 1948.
Museum monograph on the Kotah court and its painting; the standard English-language study of the state's culture. Verified via Open Library (OL18842009W).
Regional history covering Kota's separation from Bundi and its Maratha-era politics. Verified via Open Library (OL10227710W).