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 Aptly named Lohagarh (Iron Fort) the Bharatpur fort took its name from its supposedly impregnable defenses. Two massive ramparts of solid, packed earth and rubble surrounded the fort each in turn surrounded by a moat 150 feet wide and 50 feet deep. The mud walls were thick enough to absorb any missile, thus efficiently protecting the main edifice of the fort. The outermost wall was originally 11 kilometers in circumference and took eight years to complete. Today, all that remains of the ramparts is a section of the inner wall and one of the moats. Of the 27 cannons that once thundered from these walls, only two remain.
You enter the fort over an ancient brick and stone bridge. The palace within the fort is a mingling of the Rajput and Mughal styles of architecture but infinitely simpler. A pragmatic people, the Jats had no use for ostentation. The Durbar, now converted into a museum, displays the weapons used by the erstwhile rulers. Atop the fort there is an iron pillar engraved with the family tree of the rulers of Bharatpur in Hindi.
Ajmer | Alwar | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Bundi | Chittorgarh | Jaipur | Jaisalmer | Jodhpur | Khimsar | Kota | Mandawa | Mount Abu | Pushkar | Samode | Sariska | Sawai Madhopur | Udaipur
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