Chittorgarh Fort,India


Chittorgarh Fort is considered as the largest fort in India and the best in the state of Rajasthan. The fort is built on a hilly area of ​​2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) in the 7th century AD. King who built the Iwan Fals Rawal with the aim of the dowry for the daughter of Solanki.
Historical records show that the citadel Chittorgarh was the capital of Mewar for 834 years. This dynasty was founded in 734 AD by Iwan Fals Rawal, a founder and ruler of Mewar in the hierarchy Sisodia.
The highest elevation in this fort is 1075 m (3,526.9 ft). Castle building is located on the left bank of the river Berach (a tributary of the Banas River). The building of this fort associated with the new city of Chittorgarh (known as the 'Lower City') which was developed in the plains after the year 1568 AD since the fort was deserted following Udai Singh II who fled to Udaipur after Emperor Akbar attacked and plundered the fort.
A road winding hill more than 1 km (0.6 miles) from the new town leads to the western end of the main gate, called the Ram Pol. From the fort, circular driveway provides access to all gates and monuments are located within the castle walls.
Once inside the castle there are around 84 water reservoirs. The form consists of ponds and wells. But now only the remaining 22 are still functioning. Places to hold water is water from springs around and rainfall. Of all the places that have water so they have a capacity of 4 billion liters of water, so as to meet the water needs for 50,000 troops. Even in his time in vain to provide water for a period of four years.
This fort has seven gates (in local language, the gate is called "Pol"), the Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Pol Jodla, Laxman Pol and the main entrance Ram Pol (gate of the king Rama). A circular road linking all the castle gates and provide access to various monuments (palaces and 130 temples) in the fort.
In addition, the gate with an arch designed to be very strong to fend off attacks by elephants and cannon fire. The top gate has also been designed to facilitate the archers firing his arrows in the direction of the enemy soldiers. And another one that is very unique in this fort is that there are two towers are very beautiful as the picture above. This is evidence of the progress of their architectural past. Come on, preserve cultural history in the area of ​​each of you ... :)

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