So I went to this fort in my city to show my cousin and give him a walk around the place.
But this time I also turned into a ninja photographer to click some good pictures and in order to also take the fellow Hivians on this journey.
Some Background
It is a preserved monument by the government because of its long standing history of thousands of years. Some BC century coins were excavated from here.
Meaning this area has been occupied with the settlements long before any written history exists about this place.
But this particular structure was built like 1000 years ago. It has been built with materials used in 700 CE and is believed to be built by the King Harshvardhan.
It is usually referred to as Asigarh Fort and Hansi Ka Kila in my native language. And is situated 130km away from New Delhi.
It carries great historical significance because once upon a time it used to be the control center of 80 other forts around this region.
The Story
As you will reach near the entance to this region. A horizontal iron gate welcomes you with a board written with some goverment regulations.
From here you enter the fort's front yard.
You are wecomed by a structure in shape of a gate, hard to assume what it was meant for.
This place is fascinating not as a tourist spot but more as an archelogical site. It has been attacked and destroyed many times in the history. And then restored. The few structures present inside pose more questions than answers.
I used to visit here a lot during my school days.
Going further you have a way made with bricks uptill the main door inside the fort.
A canal has been made adjacent to it tracing the whole path.
After you walk and travel the brick laden road, a huge.. huge.. gate welcomes you.
A group had came to shoot, you can see people and how small they seem in comparison to the gate.
Before entering, if you'll move a bit forward. There is this old well. It has been fenced, so people don't fall in for being adventurous and idiotic at the same time.
And standing here you can witness that most of the outside structure has withered away.
So this was just the front yard. Lol. This property covers an area of around 150k square yards.
And then we entered the door, felt like more of a tunnel than a door.
The door's walls had 2 compartments with iron doors. Lol the walls are so thick to confine space equal to a large room. Seriously?
After entering inside there is some open space and a few stairs on the right that mark the start of another pathway.
A canal also follows along this path.
Here is how the door looks like if I turn around from here.
Travelling ahead as you you reach the end of this path. You encounter a structure digged inside the ground.
Going inside you'll find pillars and pillars and pillars and an exit perpendicular to the entry door. This place was also used by Britishers to keep Indians during the revolt of 1857.
After you exit out and walk upstairs, there is a Mazaar or grave.
Turning around you can see the whole open ground with a few structures in sight.
First let's move towards those tombs. They have a religious significance and a holy grave inside. So people visit here on thursdays for the rituals.
Here the structure in orange is the religious place.
And this is another tomb around.
And this must be the part of a larger structure that no longer remains.
After walking across it, here is how it looks from behind.
Moving back to the other side from here, this you can see is most fascinating.
Primarily because, it's the only another one digged and built inside the ground. And it has no way to go inside or out.
Here I risked dropping my phone and I am no spider man, but still I bring a picture for you guys. Haha.
There are no stairs to go down, no ramp, nothing.
It makes me wonder, why this kind of architecture was built. May be to keep certain prisoners in isolation. Or it meant to be the area to sentence and execute people. Or may be an arcade battle arena. Only god knows.
By the side of this undefined structure, Heare is the last remains of this fort.
A pillar and another grave behind it. And then my cousin along with pillar. Lol. There are certain shapes engraved on it.
While heading back we decided to walk on the walls and decend down right at the main door. They are no longer walls anymore but large piles of sand, lol.
The view down from the fort walls is worth capturing. And there is this lake beside it, called Amti Lake.
Going further ahead, here you can observe the thickness of the wall by how wide the door is.
As you can see, the wall is too thin to reach the roof of the entry gate. My cousin wanted to go. But I was reluctant for this adventure. So we came back down and out.
Its always refreshing visiting here. Its kind of a place to sit and spend some time, away from the busy city life.