Other palaces on the fort are Karan palace, Jehangir Mahal and Shah Jahan Mahal and Jauhar Kund (a deep and large tank for jauhar). Rajput women of the harem committed jauhar (ritual mass suicide by immolation) here after the raja was defeated in 1232.

State Archaeological museum : It has a large collection of Hindu and Jain sculptures, including the famed Salabhanjika (an exceptionally carved female figure). It is located uphill west of Gwalior gate in Gujari Mahal (Admission Rs 5, camera Rs 20, Monday closed).

Jai vilas palace & Scindia museum : The 35 rooms of the palace form the museum. Bizarre items fill the rooms : Belgian cut glass furniture and a sizeable representation of the tiger population, shot, stuffed and now bursting at the seams. There is a neoclassical marble statue of Leda and swan in orgiastic coupling. The dining room has a silver train that carried after inner brandy and cigars around the table (Admission Rs 30, camera Rs 25, Wednesday closed).

The gold paint around the durbar hall is said to weigh 58 kg. Eight elephants were suspended from its ceiling to check that it could cope with two 12.5 m high chandeliers each holding 248 candles, and weighing 3.5 tonnes. The giant hall carpet, the largest in Asia, took local convicts 12 years to weave.

Tomb of Mohammed Gaus, a Muslim saint, and Tomb of Tansen (a singer admired by Emperor Akbar and held to be the father of Indian classi music) are at Old town (1.5 km from railway station near the Gwalior gate).