The Forts of Bundelkhand

By Rita Sharma

The Forts of Bundelkhand

By Rita Sharma

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Specifications

Genre

History

Print Length

192 pages

Language

English

Publisher

Rupa Publications Co.

Publication date

1 January 2006

ISBN

9788129107213

Weight

2.86 pound

Description

Kaleidoscoed in this books is a landscape of history, culture and lore. In the bastions and ramparts of the citadels in Bundelkhand, is the setting of events resonating in thought, letter and song. A range of history, culture and lore is chronicled. When Ran Lakshmi Bai rode out of here citadel at Jhansi to engage the British, a legend was born to inspire an entire national movement; Kalinjar fort defied Mahmud of Ghazni and daunted Delhi’s formidable Sultan Shere Shah Suri; and the loftiness of Datia, Orcha and Deogarh is among the most venerable of the country’s heritage. Time and the elements have taken their toll, but these strongholds.


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