In 1354, Firuz Shah Tughluq had started the construction of a new city near Agroha, called Hisar-e-Feroza (the fort of Firuz). Most of the raw material for building the town was brought from Agroha. The town later came to be called Hisar. Hisar became a major center of the Agrawal community.
Later, during the Mughal rule, and during the British East India Company administration, some Agrawals migrated to Bihar and Kolkata, who became the major component of the Marwaris.
The Mughals were relatively liberal, and some Agrawals rose to prominent positions in this period. Sahu Todar Mal was a supervisor of the royal mint at Agra, who had rebuilt the 514 Jain stupas at Mathura in 1573, during the rule of Akbar.
