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Kumbhalgarh (lit. " Kumbhal fort "), also known as the Great Wall of India , [ 2 ] is a fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills in Kumbhalgarh in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in India .
The massive gate of Kumbhalgarh fort, called the Ram Pol (Ram Gate) Kumbhalgarh Fort, also known as the Great Wall of India, is a Mewar fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills. [13] The fort is among the largest fort complexes in the world. The early history of the fort could not be ascertained on account of lack of evidence.
The fort, which is roughly in the shape of a fish, has a circumference of 13 km (8.1 mi) with a maximum length of 5 km (3.1 mi) and it covers an area of 700 acres. [44] The fort is approached through a difficult zig-zag ascent of more than 1 km (0.6 mi) from the plains, after crossing over a limestone bridge. The bridge spans the Gambhiri River ...
[11] The Guhila dynasty ruled from Chittor Fort , which fell to the Delhi Sultanate in the Siege of Chittorgarh (1303) , marking the end of the dynasty. By the 13th century, having consolidated their rule over the Medapata ( Mewar ) region [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Their post-13th century records and the subsequent bardic legends name the dynasty's founder ...
Udai Singh was born in Chittor in August 1522. After the death of his father, Rana Sanga, [10] Ratan Singh II was crowned King. Ratan Singh II was assassinated in 1531. He was succeeded by his brother Maharana Vikramaditya Singh.
The siege of Chittorgarh (23 October 1567 – 23 February 1568) was the military expedition of the Mughal Empire under Akbar against the Mewar kingdom that commenced in 1567 during which the Mughals successfully captured the fort of Chittorgarh after a hard-pressed siege which lasted for several months.
Nandini Sinha (1991). "A Study of the Origin Myths Situating the Guhilas in the History of Mewar (A.D. Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 52. Indian History Congress: 63– 71. JSTOR 44142569. Ram Vallabh Somani (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. Mateshwari. OCLC 2929852.
Aziz Ahmad (11 November 1914 in Hyderabad, India – 16 December 1978 in Toronto, Canada) was a Pakistani-Canadian academic who worked as a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto and is best known for his work in Islamic history with a focus on South Asia.