Bandhavgarh
: Places to See
Bandhavgarh National Park
Set amongst the Vindhyas, in Madhya Pradesh, Bandhavgarh is a small national
park, but with the highest known density of tiger population in India. This
is also known as White Tiger territory. These have been found in the old state
of Rewa for many years. The other species found in abundance in Bandhavgarh
are the gaur or Indian bison, the sambar, the barking deer and the nilgai.
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Bandhavgarh Fort: No records remain to show wen Bandhavgarh fort was
constructed. It is thought, however, to be some 2,000 years old, and there are
references to it in the ancient books, the Narad-Panch Ratra and the Siva Purana.
Various dynasties have ruled the fort: for example, the Maghas from the 1st
century A.D.. the Vakatakas from the 3rd century; the Sengars from the 5th century
and the kalachuris from the 10th century. In the 13 century A.D., the Baghels
took over, ruling from Bandhavgarh until 1617, when Maharajah Vikramditya Singh
moved his capital to Rewa. The last inhabitants deserted the fort in 1935.
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