The enclosing fort wall is 80 feet high, the rocky extremities of the hill on which the wall is set being steeply and irregularly scarped.
The long line of battlements crowning the scarp on the east is broken by the lofty towers and fretted domes of the noble palace of Rājā Mān Siṅgh at the northern end, where the rock has been quarried for ages. The jagged masses of the overhanging cliffs seem ready to fall upon the city beneath them.
The long line of battlements crowning the scarp on the east is broken by the lofty towers and fretted domes of the noble palace of Rājā Mān Siṅgh at the northern end, where the rock has been quarried for ages. The jagged masses of the overhanging cliffs seem ready to fall upon the city beneath them.
Midway over all towers the giant form of a massive Hindu temple, grey with the moss of ages. Altogether, the fort of Gwalior forms one of the most picturesque views in northern India.
At the foot of the hill, around its northern end, spreads the old town of Gwalior, while to the south lies the new city of Lashkar, which means ‘camp,’ so-called as it grew gradually out of the military camp of Mahārājā Daulat Rāo Śiṇḍiyā in the early years of the 19th century CE
At the foot of the hill, around its northern end, spreads the old town of Gwalior, while to the south lies the new city of Lashkar, which means ‘camp,’ so-called as it grew gradually out of the military camp of Mahārājā Daulat Rāo Śiṇḍiyā in the early years of the 19th century CE
