{"id":14785,"date":"2020-03-01T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T07:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=14785"},"modified":"2020-03-04T20:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:35:51","slug":"sightseeing-and-history-of-gwalior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/sightseeing-and-history-of-gwalior\/","title":{"rendered":"Sightseeing and history of Gwalior"},"content":{"rendered":"
When myth and history come together in an ancient inscription, it proves that this region was occupied in 525 AD by some of the rulers like the Huns, Pratihars, Kacchwahs, Ghoris, Tomars, Mughals, The East India Company and eventually the Scindia before it was absorbed into the Republic of India. Gwalior is a major city in Central India and since then it has housed successive lines of rulers that have appeared like comets, blazing briefly across the skies of our land. Gwalior is best known for its\u2019 imposing hilltop fort, which was famously described as \u2018the pearl amongst fortresses in India\u2019. Thus, one can start their visit to Gwalior by driving up to the fort atop the rock and walking through the high points of its\u2019 history and eventually sightsee other places as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Gwalior Fort has been described as a hill fort which has existed at least since the 10th century and is described by the Mughal Emperor Babur as \u2018 the pearl among the fortresses of Hind\u2019. This Fort is a structure of imposing scale whose beleaguered history is etched on every surface. The Fort is built on an outcrop of Vindhyan sandstone on a solitary rocky hill called Gopachal which is long, thin and steep. Held to be the most impregnable fortress in all of Northern and Central India, its\u2019 10m high wall enclose some stunning examples of medieval architecture. The inscriptions and monuments found within the fort campus depicts that the fort could have been in existence as early as the 6th century. The Fort has been host to various rulers like the Huns, Pratihars, Kacchwahs, Ghoris, Tomars, Mughals, The East India Company, and during the rebellion of 1857, the fort saw the great warfare- Rani Lakshmibai (the Queen of Jhansi) came fighting from Jhansi to Gwalior & sought shelter inside the Fort.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n1. THE GWALIOR FORT<\/h2>\n