Rahatgarh
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Rahatgarh (राहतगढ़) is a town in Sagar district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Location
Rahatgarh is located at 23.78°N 78.37°E. It has an average elevation of 461 metres. The town is also notable for the Rahatgarh waterfall.
History
An inscription of the Paramara king Jayavarman II, dated 28 August 1256 CE, was issued at Rahatgarh. It is possible that Jayavarman captured the area from the Chandelas. [1]
A small town 60 km west of Sagar on Bhopal Sagar Road renowned for its battlement ramparts, its gates and its ruins of palaces temples and mosques. It is picturesquely situated on the steep bank of the Bina River which is crossed at this point by a fine bridge of fourteen arches, completed in 1863. Close to the town stands the famous fort of Rahatgarh. It outer wall consists of 26 enormous towers, some of which were used as dwellings connected by curtain walls and enclosing a space of 66 acres. Two miles away from the fort is a waterfall nearly 50 feet high in picturesque surroundings.[2]
राहतगढ़
राहतगढ़ (AS, p.796): मध्य प्रदेश के सागर ज़िले का एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। गढ़मंडला नरेश संग्राम शाह (मृत्यु 1541 ई.) के बाबनगढ़ों में से राहतगढ़ एक है। अकबर ने गढ़मंडला की रानी वीरांगना दुर्गावती के निधन के पश्चात् उसके पुत्र वीरनारायण के उत्तराधिकारी चंद्रशाह को गोंडवाना का राजा बनाने के पश्चात् जो किले लिये थे उनमें से यह भी था। [3]
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References
- ↑ Harihar Vitthal Trivedi (1991). Inscriptions of the Paramāras (Part 2). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume VII: Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas, and two minor dynasties. Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 190–191. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1451755.
- ↑ https://sagar.nic.in/en/tourist-place/rahatgarh/
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.796