Bharatpedia

Amber Fort: Difference between revisions

Article Talk

Amber Fort (edit)

Revision as of 07:55, 22 July 2023

269 bytes removed ,  22 July 2023
Cleanup: Source modification. Information added.
m (Removing protection template from an unprotected page)
(Cleanup: Source modification. Information added.)
 
Line 15: Line 15:
|coordinates = {{Coord|26.9859|N|75.8507|E|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates = {{Coord|26.9859|N|75.8507|E|display=inline,title}}
|code =
|code =
|built = 967 {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
|built = 1592<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 | title=Outlook | date=December 2008 | publisher=Outlook }}</ref>
|builder =
|builder = Man Singh I
|materials = [[Sandstone]] and [[marble]]
|materials = [[Sandstone]] and [[marble]]
|condition = Good
|condition = Good
Line 32: Line 32:
   }}
   }}
}}
}}
'''Amer Fort''' or '''Amber Fort''' is a fort located in [[Amer, India|Amer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. Amer is a town with an area of {{Convert|4|km2}}<ref name="Publishing2008">{{cite book|author=Outlook Publishing|title=Outlook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39|year=2008|publisher=Outlook Publishing|page=39}}</ref> located {{Convert|11|km}} from [[Jaipur]], the capital of [[Rajasthan]]. Amber city and Amber fort were founded by ruler Alan Singh of Chanda dynasty of Meenas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven stunning forts of Rajasthan|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/photo-gallery-seven-stunning-forts-of-rajasthan-2577578}}</ref> Located high on a hill, it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur.<ref name="Mancini2009">{{cite book|last=Mancini|first=Marc|title=Selling Destinations: Geography for the Travel Professional|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kp6ceVRUg8UC&pg=PA539|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4283-2142-7|page=539}}</ref><ref name="Abram2003">{{cite book|last=Abram|first=David|title=Rough guide to India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA161|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-089-3|page=161}}</ref> Amer Fort is known for its artistic style elements. With its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths, the fort overlooks [[Maota Lake]],<ref name="Abram2003" /><ref name="BruynBain2010">{{cite book|author1=Pippa de Bruyn|author2=Keith Bain|author3=David Allardice|author4=Shonar Joshi|title=Frommer's India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlqM2CR4vfUC&pg=PA521|year=2010|publisher=Frommer's|isbn=978-0-470-55610-8|pages=521–522}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoteldekho.com/blog/amber-fort-jaipur/|title=Amer Fort - Jaipur|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://amerjaipur.in/Amer-monuments-description.php?mid=4&name=Maota%20Sarover|title = Maota Sarover -Amer-jaipur|access-date = 2015-09-25|publisher = Agam pareek}}</ref> which is the main source of water for the Amer Palace.
'''Amer Fort''' or '''Amber Fort''' is a fort located in [[Amer, India|Amer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. Amer is a town with an area of {{Convert|4|km2}}<ref name="Publishing2008">{{cite book|author=Outlook Publishing|title=Outlook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39|year=2008|publisher=Outlook Publishing|page=39}}</ref> located {{Convert|11|km}} from [[Jaipur]], the capital of [[Rajasthan]]. Located high on a hill, it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur.<ref name="Mancini2009">{{cite book|last=Mancini|first=Marc|title=Selling Destinations: Geography for the Travel Professional|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kp6ceVRUg8UC&pg=PA539|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4283-2142-7|page=539}}</ref><ref name="Abram2003">{{cite book|last=Abram|first=David|title=Rough guide to India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA161|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-089-3|page=161}}</ref> Amer Fort is known for its artistic style elements. With its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths, the fort overlooks [[Maota Lake]],<ref name="Abram2003" /><ref name="BruynBain2010">{{cite book|author1=Pippa de Bruyn|author2=Keith Bain|author3=David Allardice|author4=Shonar Joshi|title=Frommer's India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlqM2CR4vfUC&pg=PA521|year=2010|publisher=Frommer's|isbn=978-0-470-55610-8|pages=521–522}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoteldekho.com/blog/amber-fort-jaipur/|title=Amer Fort - Jaipur|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://amerjaipur.in/Amer-monuments-description.php?mid=4&name=Maota%20Sarover|title = Maota Sarover -Amer-jaipur|access-date = 2015-09-25|publisher = Agam pareek}}</ref> which is the main source of water for the Amer Palace.


Amer Palace is great example of [[Rajput architecture]]. Some of its buildings and work have influence of [[Mughal architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Amer-India|title=Amer {{!}} India|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXa60HtlNOYC&pg=PA195|title=Great Monuments of India|last=DK|date=2009-11-02|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=9781405347822|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0NJAAAAIAAJ&q=amer+fort+mughal+influence|title=Rise of the Kachhawas in Dhundhār (Jaipur): From the Earliest Times to the Death of Sawai Jai Singh (1743 A.D.)|last=Bhargava|first=Visheshwar Sarup|date=1979|publisher=Shabd Sanchar|language=en}}</ref> Constructed of red [[sandstone]] and [[marble]], the attractive, opulent palace is laid out on four levels, each with a courtyard. It consists of the Diwan-e-Aam, or "Hall of Public Audience", the Diwan-e-Khas, or "Hall of Private Audience", the Sheesh Mahal (mirror palace), or Jai Mandir, and the Sukh Niwas where a cool climate is artificially created by winds that blow over a water cascade within the palace. Hence, the Amer Fort is also popularly known as the ''Amer Palace''.<ref name="BruynBain2010"/> The palace was the residence of the [[Rajput]] [[Maharaja]]s and their families. At the entrance to the palace near the fort's Ganesh Gate, there is a temple dedicated to [[Shila Devi]], a Goddess of the Chaitanya cult, which was given to Raja Man Singh when he defeated the Raja of Jessore, [[Bengal]] in 1604. ([[Jessore (city)|Jessore]] is now in [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name="Abram2003"/><ref name="Prasad1966">{{cite book|author=Rajiva Nain Prasad|title=Raja Mān Singh of Amer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsA5AQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=World Press|isbn=9780842614733}}</ref><ref name="Babb2004">{{cite book|author=Lawrence A. Babb|title=Alchemies of violence: myths of identity and the life of trade in western India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74tUY0le33UC&pg=PA230|year=2004|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-3223-9|pages=230–231}}</ref> Raja Man Singh had 12 queens so he made 12 rooms, one for each Queen. Each room had a staircase connected to the King’s room but the Queens were not to go upstairs. Raja Jai Singh had only one queen so he built one room equal to three old queen’s rooms.
Amer Palace is great example of [[Rajput architecture]]. Some of its buildings and work have influence of [[Mughal architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Amer-India|title=Amer {{!}} India|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXa60HtlNOYC&pg=PA195|title=Great Monuments of India|last=DK|date=2009-11-02|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=9781405347822|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0NJAAAAIAAJ&q=amer+fort+mughal+influence|title=Rise of the Kachhawas in Dhundhār (Jaipur): From the Earliest Times to the Death of Sawai Jai Singh (1743 A.D.)|last=Bhargava|first=Visheshwar Sarup|date=1979|publisher=Shabd Sanchar|language=en}}</ref> Constructed of red [[sandstone]] and [[marble]], the attractive, opulent palace is laid out on four levels, each with a courtyard. It consists of the Diwan-e-Aam, or "Hall of Public Audience", the Diwan-e-Khas, or "Hall of Private Audience", the Sheesh Mahal (mirror palace), or Jai Mandir, and the Sukh Niwas where a cool climate is artificially created by winds that blow over a water cascade within the palace. Hence, the Amer Fort is also popularly known as the ''Amer Palace''.<ref name="BruynBain2010"/> The palace was the residence of the [[Rajput]] [[Maharaja]]s and their families. At the entrance to the palace near the fort's Ganesh Gate, there is a temple dedicated to [[Shila Devi]], a Goddess of the Chaitanya cult, which was given to Raja Man Singh when he defeated the Raja of Jessore, [[Bengal]] in 1604. ([[Jessore (city)|Jessore]] is now in [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name="Abram2003"/><ref name="Prasad1966">{{cite book|author=Rajiva Nain Prasad|title=Raja Mān Singh of Amer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsA5AQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=World Press|isbn=9780842614733}}</ref><ref name="Babb2004">{{cite book|author=Lawrence A. Babb|title=Alchemies of violence: myths of identity and the life of trade in western India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74tUY0le33UC&pg=PA230|year=2004|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-3223-9|pages=230–231}}</ref> Raja Man Singh had 12 queens so he made 12 rooms, one for each Queen. Each room had a staircase connected to the King’s room but the Queens were not to go upstairs. Raja Jai Singh had only one queen so he built one room equal to three old queen’s rooms.
Line 48: Line 48:
===Early history===
===Early history===
[[File:Amber1860.jpg|thumb|A view of the fort at Amer in Rajasthan; a watercolor by [[William Simpson (artist)|William Simpson]], c.1860]]
[[File:Amber1860.jpg|thumb|A view of the fort at Amer in Rajasthan; a watercolor by [[William Simpson (artist)|William Simpson]], c.1860]]
'''Amber''' was a Meena state, which was made the capital of Dhundhar after [[Khoh]] by Kakil Deo, the son of Dulherai, after defeating the Meenas.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jaigarh, the Invincible Fort of Amber|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&hl=hi&id=hkBuAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Khoh|page=18|publisher=RBSA Publishers, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Jaipur: Gem of India|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&hl=hi&id=5tCeDAAAQBAJ&q=khoh+#v=snippet&q=khoh&f=false|page=24|publisher=IntegralDMS, 2016}}</ref>
'''Amber''' was a Meena state, ruled by a [[Susawat]] clan. After Kakil Deo defeated the Susawats he made Amber the capital of Dhundhar after [[Khoh]]. Kakil Deo was a son of Dulherai.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jaigarh, the Invincible Fort of Amber| year=1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Khoh|page=18|publisher=RBSA Publishers, 1990| isbn=9788185176482 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Jaipur: Gem of India| date=7 July 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tCeDAAAQBAJ&q=khoh|page=24|publisher=IntegralDMS, 2016| isbn=9781942322054 }}</ref>


The state of Jaipur was earlier known as [[Amer, India|Amber]] or Dhundhar and was controlled by [[Meena]] chiefs of five different tribes who were under suzerainty of the Bargurjar Rajput Raja of Deoti. Later a [[Kachhwaha]] prince Dulha Rai destroyed the sovereignty of Meenas and also defeated Bargurjars of Deoli and took Dhundhar fully under  Kachwaha rule.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |pages=23,24 |year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 }}</ref>
In early times, the state of Jaipur was known as [[Amer, India|Amber]] or Dhundhar and was controlled by [[Meena]] chiefs of five different tribes.  They were under suzerainty of the Bargurjar Rajput Raja of Deoti. Later a [[Kachhwaha]] prince, Dulha Rai, destroyed the sovereignty of Meenas and also defeated Bargurjars of Deoli and took Dhundhar fully under  Kachwaha rule.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |pages=23,24 |year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 }}</ref>


The Amber Fort were originally built by Raja Man Singh. [[Jai Singh I]] expanded it. Improvements and additions were done successive rulers over the next 150 years, until the Kachwahas shifted their capital to [[Jaipur]] during the time of [[Jai Singh II|Sawai Jai Singh II]], in 1727.<ref name="Publishing2008"/><ref name="Maria">{{cite web|url=https://www.mariatours.in/golden-triangle-tour-package-by-car|title=Golden Triangle |publisher=mariatours.in|access-date=2019-10-15}}{{|date=October 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Amer was known in the medieval period as [[Dhundar]] (meaning attributed to a sacrificial mount in the western frontiers) and ruled by the Kachwahas from the 11th century onwards – between 1037 and 1727 AD, till the capital was moved from Amer to Jaipur.<ref name="BruynBain2010"/> The history of Amer is indelibly linked to these rulers as they founded their empire at Amer.<ref name="KhangarotNathawat1990">{{cite book|author1=R. S. Khangarot|author2=P. S. Nathawat|title=Jaigarh, the invincible fort of Amer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkBuAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=RBSA Publishers|isbn=978-81-85176-48-2|pages=8–9, 17}}</ref>
The Amber Fort was originally built by Raja Man Singh. [[Jai Singh I]] expanded it in the early 1600's. Improvements and additions were made by successive rulers over the next 150 years, until the Kachwahas shifted their capital to [[Jaipur]] during the time of [[Jai Singh II|Sawai Jai Singh II]], in 1727.<ref name="Publishing2008"/><ref name="Maria">{{cite web|url=https://www.mariatours.in/golden-triangle-tour-package-by-car|title=Golden Triangle |publisher=mariatours.in|access-date=2019-10-15}}{{|date=October 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
 
In the medieval period, Amer was known as [[Dhundar]] (meaning attributed to a sacrificial mount in the western frontiers) and ruled by the Kachwahas from the 11th century onwards – between 1037 and 1727 AD, until the capital was moved from Amer to Jaipur.<ref name="BruynBain2010"/> The history of Amer is indelibly linked to these rulers as they founded their empire at Amer.<ref name="KhangarotNathawat1990">{{cite book|author1=R. S. Khangarot|author2=P. S. Nathawat|title=Jaigarh, the invincible fort of Amer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkBuAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=RBSA Publishers|isbn=978-81-85176-48-2|pages=8–9, 17}}</ref>


==Layout==
==Layout==
Line 113: Line 115:
The town of Amer, which is an integral and inevitable entry point to Amer Palace, is now a heritage town with its economy dependent on the large influx of tourists (4,000 to 5,000 a day during peak tourist season). This town is spread over an area of {{Convert|4|km2}} and has eighteen temples, three Jain mandirs, and three mosques. It has been listed by the World Monument Fund (WMF) as one of the 100 endangered sites in the world; funds for conservation are provided by the Robert Wilson Challenge Grant.<ref name="Publishing2008"/> As of 2005, some 87 elephants lived within the fort grounds, but several were said to be suffering from malnutrition.<ref name="Ghosh2005">{{cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Rhea|title=Gods in chains|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Av0YQXO1mgC&pg=PT24|year=2005|publisher=Foundation Books|isbn=978-81-7596-285-9|page=24}}</ref>
The town of Amer, which is an integral and inevitable entry point to Amer Palace, is now a heritage town with its economy dependent on the large influx of tourists (4,000 to 5,000 a day during peak tourist season). This town is spread over an area of {{Convert|4|km2}} and has eighteen temples, three Jain mandirs, and three mosques. It has been listed by the World Monument Fund (WMF) as one of the 100 endangered sites in the world; funds for conservation are provided by the Robert Wilson Challenge Grant.<ref name="Publishing2008"/> As of 2005, some 87 elephants lived within the fort grounds, but several were said to be suffering from malnutrition.<ref name="Ghosh2005">{{cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Rhea|title=Gods in chains|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Av0YQXO1mgC&pg=PT24|year=2005|publisher=Foundation Books|isbn=978-81-7596-285-9|page=24}}</ref>


Conservation works have been undertaken at the Amer Palace grounds at a cost of Rs 40 crores (US$8.88 million) by the Amer Development and Management Authority (ADMA). However, these renovation works have been a subject of intense debate and criticism with respect to their suitability to maintain and retain the historicity and architectural features of the ancient structures. Another issue which has been raised is the commercialization of the place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-03/jaipur/28018732_1_adma-Amer-development-jaleb-chowk|archive-url=https://archive.today/2012.07.07-041753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-03/jaipur/28018732_1_adma-Amer-development-jaleb-chowk|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Amer Palace renovation: Tampering with history?|access-date=19 April 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date= 3 June 2009}}</ref>
Conservation works have been undertaken at the Amer Palace grounds at a cost of Rs 40 crores (US$8.88 million) by the Amer Development and Management Authority (ADMA). However, these renovation works have been a subject of intense debate and criticism with respect to their suitability to maintain and retain the historicity and architectural features of the ancient structures. Another issue which has been raised is the commercialization of the place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-03/jaipur/28018732_1_adma-Amer-development-jaleb-chowk|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707041753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-03/jaipur/28018732_1_adma-Amer-development-jaleb-chowk|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Amer Palace renovation: Tampering with history?|access-date=19 April 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date= 3 June 2009}}</ref>


A film unit shooting a film at the Amer Fort damaged a 500-year-old canopy, demolished the old limestone roof of Chand Mahal, drilled holes to fix sets and spread large quantities of sand in Jaleb Chowk in utter disregard and violation of the Rajasthan Monuments, Archaeological Sites and Antique Act (1961).<ref name= High>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Film-crew-drilled-holes-into-historic-Amer/rssarticleshow/4134002.cms|title= Film crew drilled holes in Amer|access-date= 19 April 2011|work=The Times of India|date=16 February 2009}}</ref>
A film unit shooting a film at the Amer Fort damaged a 500-year-old canopy, demolished the old limestone roof of Chand Mahal, drilled holes to fix sets and spread large quantities of sand in Jaleb Chowk in utter disregard and violation of the Rajasthan Monuments, Archaeological Sites and Antique Act (1961).<ref name= High>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Film-crew-drilled-holes-into-historic-Amer/rssarticleshow/4134002.cms|title= Film crew drilled holes in Amer|access-date= 19 April 2011|work=The Times of India|date=16 February 2009}}</ref>
Line 121: Line 123:
Several groups have raised concerns regarding the abuse of elephants and their trafficking and have highlighted what some consider the inhumane practice of riding elephants up to the Amber Palace complex.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Amber-Fort-centre-for-elephant-trafficking-Welfare-board/articleshow/45559191.cms ''Amber Fort center for elephant trafficking: Welfare board'' The Times of India, 18 December 2014]</ref> The organization [[PETA]] as well as the central zoo authority have taken up this serious issue. The Haathi gaon (Elephant village) is said to be in violation of captive animal controls, and a PETA team found elephants chained with painful spikes, blind, sick and injured elephants forced to work, and elephants with mutilated tusks and ears.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/PETA-takes-up-jumbo-cause-seeks-end-to-elephant-ride-at-Amber/articleshow/45469545.cms ''PETA takes up jumbo cause, seeks end to elephant ride at Amber,'' The Times of India, 11 December 2014]</ref> In 2017, A New York-based tour operator announced it would use Jeeps instead of elephants for the trip to Amber Fort, saying "It’s not worth endorsing … some really significant mistreatment of animals."<ref>"Zachary Kussin, "[https://nypost.com/2017/10/09/tour-cuts-indian-elephant-rides-after-peta-reports-abuse/ Tour Cuts Indian Elephant Rides After PETA Reports Abuse]," NY Post, 9 October 2017.</ref>
Several groups have raised concerns regarding the abuse of elephants and their trafficking and have highlighted what some consider the inhumane practice of riding elephants up to the Amber Palace complex.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Amber-Fort-centre-for-elephant-trafficking-Welfare-board/articleshow/45559191.cms ''Amber Fort center for elephant trafficking: Welfare board'' The Times of India, 18 December 2014]</ref> The organization [[PETA]] as well as the central zoo authority have taken up this serious issue. The Haathi gaon (Elephant village) is said to be in violation of captive animal controls, and a PETA team found elephants chained with painful spikes, blind, sick and injured elephants forced to work, and elephants with mutilated tusks and ears.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/PETA-takes-up-jumbo-cause-seeks-end-to-elephant-ride-at-Amber/articleshow/45469545.cms ''PETA takes up jumbo cause, seeks end to elephant ride at Amber,'' The Times of India, 11 December 2014]</ref> In 2017, A New York-based tour operator announced it would use Jeeps instead of elephants for the trip to Amber Fort, saying "It’s not worth endorsing … some really significant mistreatment of animals."<ref>"Zachary Kussin, "[https://nypost.com/2017/10/09/tour-cuts-indian-elephant-rides-after-peta-reports-abuse/ Tour Cuts Indian Elephant Rides After PETA Reports Abuse]," NY Post, 9 October 2017.</ref>


==in Art and Literature==
==In Art and Literature==
An engraving of a painting of the fort by W. Purser, under the title ''Shuhur, Jeypore'', was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].<ref> {{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=19BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PT66|section=picture|year=1833|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}{{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=19BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PT69|section=poetical illustration|year=1833|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}</ref>
An engraving of a painting of the fort by W. Purser, under the title ''Shuhur, Jeypore'', was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].<ref> {{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=19BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PT66|section=picture|year=1833|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}{{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=19BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PT69|section=poetical illustration|year=1833|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}</ref>
{{wikisource|Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834/Shuhur Jeypore|Shuhur, Jeypore, a poetical illustration<br>by L. E. L.}}
 
 
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="160" heights="140">
<gallery widths="160" heights="140">
Line 155: Line 157:


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Amber Fort}}
 


{{Forts in Rajasthan}}
{{Forts in Rajasthan}}
WikiDwarfBOT
Bots, trusted
7,437

edits

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/396988"