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Garh Kundar (also spelled Gadhkudhar) is a small village in the city of Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh. It has been named so after the splendid fort, or "Garh", of Kundar located here. From 925 to 1507 AD, Garh Kundar fort witnessed many battles and bloodshed. Yashovarma Chandel (925–940 AD) built the fort after conquering south western Bundelkhand. In the battle between Prithviraj Chauhan and the Chandels in 1182 AD fort commander. Shayaji Parmar lost and the fort came under Prithviraj Chauhan. Then Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan appointed Khub Singh khangar as the ruler of this fort who founded the Khangar Dynasty afterwards.
The fort is built at the top of a hill and has five stories, in which two are underground and three are above it. The fort is built in such a way that it is visible from 5 km but as one keeps on coming near to it, the fort seems to be away from sight and the main road gets diverted to any other direction.
The history of the fort has been beautifully written by Vrindawanlal Verma in his book[1]
- ^ Varmā, Vrndāvanlāl. (1954). Garh-kundār : Septamāvrtti Lakhanau. Gangā-granthāgār. OCLC 220917417.