Hansi

Again sorry if posted before ...

skip down to the bottom if you donot want to read all .. i have put a short sum up

prominent feature of this ancient city is its fort. Extended in an area of 30 acres, it is square in shape and has security posts in all the four corners. Fort is said to be of Great King Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Later, son of King Anangpal, Drupad established sword manufacturing factory in this fort, hence it is also called ASIGARH. Swords from this fort were exported even to Arab countries. As per Talif-e-Tajkara-e-Hansi by Qazi Sharif Husain in 1915, around 80 forts across the area were controlled from this centre "ASIGARH". During the period of Firoz Shan Tuglaq, an underground tunnel was constructed connecting the present Hansi to Hisar. Gate of fort has horrifying figures of gods, and pictures of gods, goddesses, birds can also be seen on the walls of the fort. The entry gate of the fort was built by George Thomas. This fort was declared a Protected Monument of National Importance in 1937 by the Archeological Survey, the present ASI, and is still in good condition, a must visit site for all archeologists.

Right in front of the Fort, ancient statues of "Jain Gods" like Mahavira and Gautama Buddha are placed. These statues are worth $1 million as calculated by the Archeologists.

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so basicalii....

Prithvi built the fort it is square nd extened in 30 acres...

but bcoz of good positioning and it just being a good defence it was later used by the mughuls (who put a mosque in the fort) nd also by the british ... so most probably nothing is in its original state as obv. the mughals nd british made their own marks ....

but prithvi still had it made ... so it could be worth seeing.. but i think that it reli has changed ...

btw Hansi fort is in a place called um Hansi --- which is in haryana ... :)

please tell me what you think .... 😊

Is it like Khooni Darwaza? Or was it built by Mughals?

Originally posted by: vishram

Is it like Khooni Darwaza? Or was it built by Mughals?

huh??

the actuli fort was built by prc but then bcoz of its positioning it was a gd defence weapon so then the mughals used to wen they came to power.... nd the british ...

so obv. changes have been pade to it as the new takers of the fort will add their marks.. i no an arch wa was re-built by the british and there was a mosque put in there by the mughals ....

hw much of what was originally there and remains ... well i dont no ....

hpe da helpzzz.....

nice info thnx jattinder 👏 😉