Founded in the town of Ajrada, near Meerut, by the brothers Kallu Khan and Miru Khan, who trained in the Delhi line — the school is Delhi's intricate sibling. Its signature is laya: kaidas conceived in aad and other crooked ratios, off-beat weighting, and rich bayan modulation inside a fundamentally bandh technique.
Ajrada kaidas twist expectations — phrases lean across the beat and resolve with engineered satisfaction. The school's material is a rite of passage for players pursuing laya command, and its influence on modern solo playing far exceeds its size.