Gwalior is a city of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is located 76 miles (122 km) south of Agra and has a population of over 12 lakh (1200000). The metropolitan area Gwalior 46 is the territory’s most densely populated country.
Gwalior occupies a strategic position in the Northeast region gürtet India, and the city and its fortifications were used as a centre of North India, several historical kingdoms. Currently, its strategic location is characterized by the presence of the airbase in large Maharajpura. Gwalior is the administrative headquarters of district Gwalior and Gwalior Division.
Building and architecture
At the heart of its fortress of Gwalior (Gwalior Fort), built by Raja Man Singh Tomar, the dynasty Tomar. This gigantic structure has a reputation for being one of the greatest fortresses of India invincible. He isolated a rock outcrop. The hill is steepended for almost unscalable and is surrounded by high walls surrounding the building from different periods. The old city of Gwalior is located at the foot of the fortress. Lashkar, formerly a separate city, was originally a military camp is located south and Morar, including a former separate city, is located to the east. Gwalior, Lashkar Morar, and are currently part of the city of Gwalior.
Massive Gwalior Fort, mouth of the people, we talk about Gibraltar, India overlooking the city. The great Moghul emperor Babur saying he describes as “the pearl of the chain Fort Hind”. These fortresses, architecture is the only one in India, indicating the influence of China, as Chinese dragons were hand in hand column. This influence on trade between China and India.
In the East of the city are two magnificent examples of architecture early Moghul. A mausoleum is 16-century Sufi Saint Mohammed Ghous, and another tomb of Mian Tansen, a great singer and one of nine gems “of the emperor Akbar, the train. Just east side theirs Gujari Mahal, according to local histories, so that its Maharaj 9 Queen, he was married with eight queens, but none has an heir for him, so he can eventually married a man milk “the girl’s name” naani “, later, it was renamed” mrignani “(ie beautiful eyes), because she was not royal heritage, Maharaj had a separate palace for them, ie now “gujari mahal.”
Near the heart of the city is magnificent Jai Vilas Palace, observed in the style of the “Palais de Versailles, France, combines Tuscan, Italian and Corinthian architectural style.
Rich cultural heritage and architectural wonder Gwalior has the added advantage of its proximity to Agra, the city of Taj Mahal, Khajuraho, the city’s grand temple and New Delhi, the capital.
History and architectural Gwalior is interesting, first as an ancient seat of Jain worship, and secondly, for his example of architecture of palaces of the Hindu best period (1486-1516) and thirdly, as a historical fortress. Many historic sites are located next Dabra-Bhitarwar Road. Before the creation of Gwalior region was also known by its former name of the Gopasetra. The great poet Apabhramsha Pandit Raighu lived in Gwalior. Gwalior had a seat on the Bhattarakas institutional Kashtha Sangh and, later, Mula Sangh.
View from the top of Gwalior Fort with the Palace of Maharaja of Scindia. about 1882.
According to local legend, originally from Fort Gwalior was head of the Kachwaha, Suraj Sen’s palace is the most interesting example of Hindu-earlier their class work in India. Another palace even more was added this year in 1516. The Moghul emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan added to these two palaces, a group of buildings without picturesqueness and the interest of a portion of its middle class in India. Regarding the apartments in the palace was celebrated the Board of Appeal, the name of the Baradari, supported in columns 12 and 45 feet (15 m) of space, with a roof made of stone and is the One of the most beautiful rooms of palaces in the world. It was also interesting to expedients individually by Hindus as an architect was forced to imitate the archives of Muslims. Among the buildings but also the enthusiastic admiration of the first Moghul emperor Babur on, is now unlikely.
Lashkar-Jai Vilas Palace is a wonderful Palace Museum, part of which is publicly accessible and gives an overview of the life of the royal family.
The continuation of the territory is also the homeland Scindia school, an institution well-founded, that the end of Maratha Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior in 1897.
TELI-Ka Mandir
A portion of the Jain mark remains to Gwalior is a series of caves or rock formation sculptures, related to the rock on every page and numbering nearly a hundred, large and small. Most of them are mere niches, statues, even if some are cells that have been behind perhaps for residences. A curious fact, above them, according to the inscriptions, they were all connected within the shortest period of approximately thirty-three years between 1441 and 1474 figures A colossal 57 feet (17 m) High, which is larger than any other in northern India.
Gwalior Fort is also Gurudwara Bandi data from the memory of the sixth Sikh Guru Har Gobind. Gurudwara This is particularly large and grandparents, built entirely of marble with stained glass decoration of the main building. Considering that the Guru Granth Sahib creates an atmosphere peaceful and holy. The kings of bosses to visit Gwalior rule.
History of Gwalior
In the 6 century AD White Huns, control of Gwalior. In the 10 century, it was the Kachwaha Rajputs. Katb-ud-din conquered the city in 1196 Shamsud-din Altamsh control over the territory in 1232 until 15 century, the city experienced a chant of the school Tan Sen began falling on the British 1780, but was one of the cities during the Sepoy insurgency.
Gwalior Today, the ancient city Lashkar. Laskar was the state capital Gwalior is one of the princely states of India during the British Raj. He served as the capital of Madhya Bharat from 1950-1956.
Geography of Gwalior
Gwalior is located at 26.22 ° N 78.18 ° E [2]. It has an average altitude of 197 meters (646 feet). Gwalior is a historic Indian city - is located on the outskirts of the state of Madhya Pradesh, 321 km (199.5 km) from Delhi and 121 kilometers (76 miles) from Agra.
Climate in Gwalior
Gwalior has a subtropical climate with hot summers, from March to June, the monsoon rainy season from July to October and a dry winter and cool from November to December. The maximum temperature was recorded 47oC and the lowest was 1oC.