The place was taken twice by Mahmud Khilji of Malwa in the middle of the fifteenth century, and subsequently appears to have belonged alternately to the Ranas of Mewar and the Mughal emperors.

[2] Mehta Agar Chand (Bachhawat), son of Mehta Prithviraj, then adviser to Maharana Ari Singh II since 1761, was also appointed as first Kiledar of Mandalgarh Fort in 1765, and the Purohit (Saraswat) Family started looking at the smooth administration of the fort and Charbhuja Temple.

The patta signed and given by Maharana Ari Singh II (1761–73) of Mewar reads - "My order to Brother Mehta Agar Chand.

To the North-West is a fort about half a mile in length with a low rampart wall and bastions encircling the crest of the hill on which it stands.

The fort also houses a temple dedicated to Shiva near Mandalgarh in a small village called Vitthalpura.