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{{Infobox monument|name=Taragarh fort|type=Fort|coordinates={{coord|26.442154|74.618288}}|image=The Fort Wall of Taragarh, Ajmer.JPG|location=[[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]}}<br />
'''Taragarh Fort''' is a fortress built upon a steep hillside in the city of [[Ajmer]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. It was constructed in the 8th century by King Rangraj Tomar, the son of King Anangpal I of the Tomar Dynasty. <ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Tomars of Delhi by Harihar Niwas Dwivedi|publisher=Vidya Mandir Publication|year=1983|isbn=|location=Gwalior|pages=175}}</ref><br />
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There are three gateways to the fort known as Lakshmi Pol, Phuta Darwaza, and Gagudi ki Phatak. Most parts of these gateways are now in ruins. The largest of its battlements is the 16th-century bastion known as the Bhim Burj, on which was once mounted a large cannon called Garbh Gunjam, or 'Thunder from the Womb'. In the fort are water reservoirs.<br />
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The fort also holds a shrine dedicated to [[Syed Meeran Hussain Khing Sawar|Miran Saheb ki Dargah]], who lost hist life in 1202AD during a [[Rajput]] attack.<ref name="Rough">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aL_kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT271|title=The Rough Guide to India|chapter=Ajmer and around}}</ref><ref name="Asher1992">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC&pg=PA79|title=Architecture of Mughal India|last=Asher|first=Catherine Ella Blanshard|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1992|place=Cambridge|p=79|chapter=The Age of Akbar}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book|author1=Crump, Vivien |author2=Toh, Irene |title= Rajasthan|location=London|publisher=Everyman Guides|year=1996|type = hardback| isbn = 1-85715-887-3| page = 400}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Michell, George, Martinelli, Antonio| title=The Palaces of Rajasthan| year = 2005| publisher=Frances Lincoln| location=London| isbn = 978-0-7112-2505-3| page = 271 pages}}<br />
*{{cite book| last = Tillotson | first = G.H.R| title = The Rajput Palaces - The Development of an Architectural Style| year = 1987| type = Hardback| edition = First| publisher = Yale University Press| location = New Haven and London| isbn = 0-300-03738-4| page = 224 pages}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references />{{Forts in Rajasthan}}<br />
{{Forts in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Forts in Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Rajput architecture]]<br />
[[Category:Ajmer]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ajmer district]]<br />
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