Best Tourist Attraction Places in Gwalior - HolidayKeys.co.uk
Each and Every part of a country tells a story about its contribution to the country, whatever it is a small part or a big part, every member has its own importance in a family. India is also same; its every part has contributed to its history. “Gwalior” is one of them; it’s not a small city, now it’s a metropolitan city, and has its own historic background, located in Madhya Pradesh state, surrounded by rocky hills from all sides, on the north it has just formed the border of the Ganga–Yamuna Drainage Basin. The city is ruled by several historic northern kingdoms such as Maharaj Suraj Sen, the founder of the city, Naad dynasty of Pataliputra, Naga Dynasty, kushanas, Guptas, Kannauj of Gurar-Pratihara Dynasty, Kachwaha, Iltutmish, before Iltutmish Muhammad Ghori invaded the city and planned a mass destruction to capture the fort but unfortunately he failed by the brave efforts of Parihars. The rulers have remained their pages in history; they all contributed to in the history of the city through establishment some great structures. But the golden time was started from the Tomars Kingdom in 1375 by Raja Veer Singh; it was passed on to the Mughals, then to the Marathas in 1754 followed by the Scindias in the18th century.
Each and Every part of a country tells a story about its contribution to the country, whatever it is a small part or a big part, every member has its own importance in a family. India is also same; its every part has contributed to its history. “Gwalior” is one of them; it’s not a small city, now it’s a metropolitan city, and has its own historic background, located in Madhya Pradesh state, surrounded by rocky hills from all sides, on the north it has just formed the border of the Ganga–Yamuna Drainage Basin. The city is ruled by several historic northern kingdoms such as Maharaj Suraj Sen, the founder of the city, Naad dynasty of Pataliputra, Naga Dynasty, kushanas, Guptas, Kannauj of Gurar-Pratihara Dynasty, Kachwaha, Iltutmish, before Iltutmish Muhammad Ghori invaded the city and planned a mass destruction to capture the fort but unfortunately he failed by the brave efforts of Parihars. The rulers have remained their pages in history; they all contributed to in the history of the city through establishment some great structures. But the golden time was started from the Tomars Kingdom in 1375 by Raja Veer Singh; it was passed on to the Mughals, then to the Marathas in 1754 followed by the Scindias in the18th century.
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The fort has and its premises are well ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed and house many historic monuments<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g palaces, temples and water tanks. There are a number of palaces, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the Man<br />
mandir, the Gujari, the Jahangir, the Karan, and the Shah Jahan. It <strong>co</strong>vers an area of 3 kilometers<br />
and rises 35 feet, it rampart is built around the edge of the hill, <strong>co</strong>nnected by towers. It has two<br />
entrances; one is northeast side with a long access ramp and other on the southwest. The ma<strong>in</strong><br />
entrance is the ornate elephant gate. The other is Badalgarh gate.<br />
There are other palaces are built by several rulers like Man Mandir Palace built by Maharaja<br />
Man S<strong>in</strong>gh of Tomar Dynasty, Hathi Pol which leads to Man Mandir Palace, Gujari Mahal<br />
museum which was built by Raja Man S<strong>in</strong>gh for his wife Mrignayani, a Gurjar pr<strong>in</strong>cess, on<br />
demand that she wanted a separate Palace for herself, now this palace is <strong>co</strong>nverted to museum.