Forts in India were constructed to check the advance of enemy and save the people and place from outsiders. Now the dictatorship has ended after 1947, but these architectural marvels are now acting as the heritage hotels and the tourist’s point
Forts in India have been constructed to protect the settlements against hostile attack and marauding wild animals.
Early History of Forts in India
The ancient treatises on Indian architecture and fortification can be retrieved from the 'Shilpa Shastras' and in some of the ancient Indian literature like the Indian Puranas and epics.
Medieval History of Forts in IndiaAfter the invasion of the Muslims, construction of forts in India reflects many of the developments which took place in Europe.
Forts of Northern India
Forts of Northern India consists of numerous forts like Akhnoor Fort, Ramnagar Fort and Khurnak Fort in Jammu and Kashmir, Fort at Bathinda, Payal Fort, Keshgarh Fort
and Quila Mubarak in Punjab, Agra Fort, Aligarh Fort, Sasni Fort, Hathras Fort in Uttar Pradesh and are a few of the renowned forts of this portion of the country.
Forts of Western India
Rajasthan is a unique place which shelters some of the most spectacular forts in the country. Amber Fort, Chittorgarh Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Junagarh Fort, Kumbhalgarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Kota Fort, Lohagarh Fort, Taragarh Fort, Nahargarh Fort and many more.
Forts of Central India
Gwalior Fort, Bandhavgarh Fort, Mandav Fort, Raja Nal Fort, Gohad Fort, Ahilya Fort, Madan Mahal Fort at Jabalpur are some of the beautiful forts which are based in Madhya Pradesh, Central India.
With the use of artillery in warfare, the entire nature of forts in India changed.
High, thick walls were replaced by broad, low, sunken ramparts, saved by ditches to provide a minimal target for cannon fire.Read More :- Forts in India
