Bandhavgarh Fort

Bandhavgarh Fort
Part of Bandhavgarh National Park
Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh Fort
Coordinates	23°40′58.96″N 81°2′7.49″E
Type	Hill fort
Height	811 metres (2,661 ft)
Site information
Owner	Government of India
Open to the public	no
Condition	Dilapidated
Site history
Built	10th Century
Built by	Local rajput clan
Materials	Stone

The Bandhavgarh Fort is situated in Bandhavgarh in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located on the Bandhavgarh hill, rising 811 meters above sea level at the centre of the Bandhavgarh National Park. It is surrounded by many smaller hills separated by gently sloping valleys. These valleys end in small, swampy meadows, locally known as 'bohera'.^[1]

References

1. Anosh Koppikar (2013). The Game Drive: A Tete-A-Tete with the Wild. Partridge Publishing. ISBN 9781482812619.

• L.K.Chaudhari & Safi Akhtar Khan: Bandhavgarh-Fort of the Tiger, Wild Atlas Books, Bhopal, 2003
• Shahbaz Ahmad: Charger the long living Tiger, Print World, Allahabad, 2001
• W.A.Rodgers, H.S.Panwar and V.B.Mathur: Wildlife Protected Area Network in India: A review, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 2000
• gulzar singh markam: gondwana ke garh darshan, bhopal, 2005