Qila Mubarak

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Qila Mubarak
Bhatinda, Punjab, India
Coordinates	30°12′29″N 74°56′15″E / 30.20806°N 74.93750°E / 30.20806; 74.93750
Height	30 meters
Built	6th century CE
Location in Punjab Show map of India Qila Mubarak (Punjab) Show map of Punjab

Qila Mubarak, is a

The Imperial Gazetteer of India describes the fort having 36 bastions and a height of about 118 ft. It was a conspicuous landmark for many miles around.[5]

History

Quila Mubarak Bathinda was constructed by king Raja Dab during the period 90-110 AD. Raja Dab was the ancestor of Vena Pal. The bricks used to construct the fort dates back to the Kushana Period. The fort was constructed by the king so that Huns could not invade the kingdom of Emperor Kanishka^[

History of Qila Mubarak and Surrounding Areas

Year Event 50,000 BC Stone tools such as the hand axe were developed in northern ancient India; artifacts have been found in the modern Bathinda district. 40,000 BC People begin living in man-made shelter huts in northern Punjab and central Asia (Bactria ) 7000 BC Evidence of people growing barley in this area and raising sheep, goats. People begin living in mud-brick dwellings in villages; some of which are still in existence. 5500 BC Inhabitants learn to make pottery from burnt clay, a technique that is scarce but still alive today. 3000 BC Farming villages begin appearing in the Bathinda area, most of which still exist today. 2600 BC Farmers in the area make use of the plough; exactly as it is still used in some Bathinda areas today. 1500 BC Cities of the area are abandoned but the rural villages thrive and survive; Indo-Aryans arrive in the area. 800 BC Indo-Aryans spread in the area and begin clear-cutting forests 600 BC Area inhabitants begin use of elephants in warfare. 125 BC A Baluchistan and Sind . 15 AD The Kushan Kingdom was restored in the area. 90-110 AD Emperor Kanishka and Raja Dab built it. 179 AD Bathinda town was established by Bhatti Rao. 1004 AD Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni captured it. 1045 AD Pir Hazi Rattan settled here for meditation. 1189 AD Sultan Mohammed Ghori captured it. 1191 AD Emperor Prithvi Raj Chauhan recaptured it. 1240 AD Razia Sultan imprisoned here. 1515 AD Guru Nanak Dev visited this place. 1665 AD Guru Teg Bahadur visited this place. 1705 AD Guru Gobind Singh visited this place. 1835 AD Maharaja Karam Singh built a Gurdwara here.

See also

• Qila Mubarak, Patiala

Gallery

• 
  View from inside the Fort
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  Qila Mubarak inside view
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  View from top terrace of Fort, June 2003
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  Bathinda Fort in 1906

References

1. ^ "Alphabetical List of Monuments – Punjab". Archaeological Survey of India - Chandigarh circle. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Queen Razia Sultana's story crumbles in Bathinda fort". The Times of India. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
3. ^ Bathinda fort heading towards collapse, cries for renovation (4 November 2014). "Bathinda fort heading towards collapse, cries for renovation". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
4. ^ Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, Stephen Meredyth (1919). The Oxford history of India, from the earliest times to the end of 1911. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxford, Clarendon Press. p. 190.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 89, p. 90. - BHATINDA TOWN". Digital South Asia Library. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
6. ^ "Qila Mubarak Bathinda". Retrieved 9 July 2018.

External links

• No record of antiquities at Quila Mubarak

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