The forts of Bundelkhand: Part One
Refer to an earlier post of mine….
My wish list for India
It says one of the wish as
"Discovering the Bundela forts- from Gwalior till about Banda in Uttar Pradesh, the Bundela rajputs built an array of forts; from the magical Kalinjar and Ajaigarh to the historically endowed Jhansi and Mahoba… there are very few references of these forts in totality… I would like to visit them all, discovering them."
I have started my research on these long forgotten forts… some of these forts are known… and some have really got lost in the dunes of time.
During my research I stumbled upon a wonderful book on Bundelkhand forts… titled – "The forts of Bundelkhand" by a couple Rita and Vijay Sharma… (Publishers: Rupa and Co.)
Will write about the book very soon
Here is the list of the Bundela forts
• Jhansi
• Orchha
• Samthar
• Charkari
• Tableghat
• Barwasagar
• Deogarh
• Dhamoni
• Chanderi
• Narwar
• Kundar
• Mahoba
• Ajaigarh
• Kalinjar
• Datia
During my childhood, I have visited quite a few of them with my father… Jhansi, Orchha, Datia are the ones that I can remember offhand.
Will write more about them… the history and other things
My wish list for India
It says one of the wish as
"Discovering the Bundela forts- from Gwalior till about Banda in Uttar Pradesh, the Bundela rajputs built an array of forts; from the magical Kalinjar and Ajaigarh to the historically endowed Jhansi and Mahoba… there are very few references of these forts in totality… I would like to visit them all, discovering them."
I have started my research on these long forgotten forts… some of these forts are known… and some have really got lost in the dunes of time.
During my research I stumbled upon a wonderful book on Bundelkhand forts… titled – "The forts of Bundelkhand" by a couple Rita and Vijay Sharma… (Publishers: Rupa and Co.)
Will write about the book very soon
Here is the list of the Bundela forts
• Jhansi
• Orchha
• Samthar
• Charkari
• Tableghat
• Barwasagar
• Deogarh
• Dhamoni
• Chanderi
• Narwar
• Kundar
• Mahoba
• Ajaigarh
• Kalinjar
• Datia
During my childhood, I have visited quite a few of them with my father… Jhansi, Orchha, Datia are the ones that I can remember offhand.
Will write more about them… the history and other things
3 comments:
I happen to visit Ahmednagar to a friend's house during Diwali.Stayed there for 2 days, visited the Tank Museum and one fort.Dont recall the name, but one of the massive forts I have ever seen till date..
Ahmednagar actually has a massive fort... I have been there.. it is a wonderful city too....
It seems you are also bitten by the travel bug..
will suggest you to go throught his site
www.indiamike.com
May be the same bug that did bite you has bitten me ...or may be transmitted from you at IIT.But the truth is, it all started after you described your Konkan experience to me at IIT.
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