according to prof. goti john budaun city was earlier known as bedamooth and it is mentioned in an ancient inscription (stone writeup) which is now in lucknow museum. at that time this city was known as panchal. according to a line of that stone writeup, there was a village named bhadaunlak near it. budaun was captured by the ghurids under muhammad ghori's general qutb ud-din aibak. budaun was the capital of the delhi sultanate from 1210 to 1217 during the reign of sultan iltutmish.