India · 18th century
Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Raja Kakil Dev captured the Amber region from the Mina tribes and began construction of Jaigarh fort around the middle of the eleventh century. Over the centuries, the Fort was augmented by subsequent rulers, including Maha Raja Jai Singh II, who added palace apartments to the complex.
The fort, which is rugged and similar in structural design to Amer Fort, is also known as Victory Fort. It has a length of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) along the north–south direction and a width of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi). The fort features a cannon named "Jaivana" (Jaivana Cannon), which was manufactured in the fort precincts and was then the world's largest cannon on wheels. Jaigarh Fort and Amer Fort are connected by subterranean passages and are considered as one complex.
Text adapted from “Jaigarh Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jaigarh Fort ranks #772 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 224 mapped in India. Founded 1726, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,360 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaipur, 8 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Rajasthan. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
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