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Saturday, 9 November 2013

Rajaathan


The Udaipur city is very famous for the royal palaces that were build in the rajput era. In 1959, Maharana Udai Singh II made Udaipur as the capital of Mewar. As the Mughal became weak, the Sisodia ranas were successful in recapturing a large part of Mewar but not Chittor. Udaipur was still the capital and in the year 1818, Udaipur became one of the princely state of British India.


Also prominent as the historic city, Jaipur was found in 1727 AD by the very great Sawai Jai Singh II. He was a Kacchawah ruler and also a great builder, astronomer and a poet too. This city is known to be laid down of the principles of the "Shilpa Shastra" and when you take a look at the shape it is a perfect rectangle. This one big block is divided into nine small blocks each to be named as "chokris".





To the South west part of Jaipur, Ajmer is said to be one of the oasis wrapped into lush green hills. This city was discovered in 7th Century A.D by Raja Ajay Pal Chauhan. It also continued to be the mostimportant centre of the Chauhan power until 1193 A.D. After the death of Prithviraj Chauhan Ajmer became a home to many dynasties.



Mount Abu is the one and only one hill station of the Rajasthan state. It is situated at an altitude of approximately 12,220 meters above the sea level. Mount Abu was once upon a time considered as a part of the chauhan kingdom but while the Britisher's rule it then served as the British headquarters.




A beautiful town in Rajasthan, Kota comprises of a colorful history. This place is situated at eastern bank of river Chambal and this is the place that priory belonged to state of  Bundi at the time of Chauhans rule. It is very rich for traditional havelis, palaces, mansions as well as castles. This was declared as a separate state in the seventeenth century by Emperor Jahangir.

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