Gwalior Fort
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Gwalior, with its massive fort, emerged as a prominent city in modern times at the beginning of the nineteenth-century, when it became the capital of a state ruled by the Scindia (Shinde) dynasty. Located at a strategic point, between northern India and the Deccan, the city has long been shaped by…
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The hill fortress of Gwalior in northern Madhya Pradesh has an illustrious history spanning one and a half millennia. Monumental construction on the hilltop is first attested in the sixth-century CE and proliferated from the eighth-century onwards. Since this initial phase of the city’s development…
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The fort in Gwalior, built atop a plateau, dominates the skyline, no matter where one stands in the city. The urban landscape seems to have grown outwards from it, making it the centre of Gwalior. The image of the Man Mandir — a fifteenth-century palace built by Man Singh Tomar — is arguably the…
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