chanderi is full of landmarks, dating from 11th century through the medieval periods of 13th and 18th centuries and to modern times. chanderi is located strategically on borders of malwa and bundelkhand regions of central india. it is always dominated for being on trade routes to ports of gujarat, mewar, malwa, central india and deccan. in early vedic period, chanderi was founded by lord krishna's cousin, shishupal. he was one of the character of mahabharat. ancient chanderi called budhi (budhi=old)-chanderi is about 19km. away from present chanderi settlement. chanderi was first settled and fortified in the 11th century by the pratihara king, kirtipal. a vast majority of he exiting standing monuments at chanderi were raised in the the years between 1312 a.d. to 1687 a.d. these could be broken down into three main groups, islamic architecture from the period of the sultan's of delhi, the mughal period, and then which comprise the majority, the malwa indo-islamic.
