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The Fort of Gwalior or the Gwalior Fort is a defence hill fort in Gwalior, India. Mughal Emperor Babur called it the "pearl amongst the fortresses of Hind" because of its impregnability and magnificence and it has also been nicknamed the Gibraltar of India. [2] The history of the fort goes back to the 5th century or perhaps to a period still ...
Gwalior Fort also known as Gibraltar of India is an 5th-century hill fort in the City Gwalior. View Of Chaturbhuj Temple. The Man Mandir Palace was built by the King of Tomar Dynasty – Man Singh Tomar in 15th century. Man Mandir is often referred as a Painted Palace because the painted effect of the Man Mandir Palace is due to the use of ...
Gwalior fort front side view. At the heart of Gwalior is Gwalior Fort of the Tomara dynasty. This structure was reputed to be one of the most structurally sound forts of India, having been improved by Raja Man Singh Tomar where a previous structure existed. It occupies an isolated rock outcrop.
The Gujari Mahal Archeological Museum or State Archaeological Museum, sometimes called the "Gwalior Fort Museum", is a state museum in Gwalior, located in the fortress of Gujari Mahal. [1] It displays numerous artifacts of the region, including a fragment of the Garuda capital of the Heliodorus pillar from Vidisha .
Gwalior Fort plan 1901 showing locations of the five groups of monuments The Gopachal rock-cut Jain monuments are located on the rock cliffs of the hill topped by the Gwalior Fort , Madhya Pradesh. Gopgiri or Gop Parvat is the old designation of the Gwalior Fort .
Sas Bahu Temples, [2] also called the Sas aur Bahu ke Mandir, Sas-Bahu Twin Temples, are the 11th-century twin temples in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. [3] [4] Within the Gwalior Fort complex and dedicated to Vishnu & Shiva, like most Hindu and Jain temples in this region, they were mostly in ruins and were badly damaged from numerous invasions and Hindu-Muslim wars in the region. [5]
In 1231 Iltutmish captured Gwalior and from then till 1398 it was a part of Delhi Sultanate. In 1398, Gwalior came under the control of the Tomars. The most distinguished of the Tomar rulers was Man Singh Tomar, who commissioned several monuments within the Gwalior fort. [6] It came under the Mughals in 1528 and was a part of the empire till 1731.
The Gwalior city and the fort is connected to other Indian cities by major highways NH 44 and 46 (Asian Highway 43 and 47), Gwalior junction railway station and Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Airport (IATA: GWL). It is located near other historic Hindu and Jain temples from the medieval era.