Forts North and East of Agra

The Maps

Original map courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.(Click to enlarge).

The Forts

1. Agra – 27.1798478,78.0223918
2. Awagarh – 27.4521515,78.4875405
3. Unknown near Etah – 27.623724,78.6763251
4. Quila Vijaygarh/Bijaigarh – 27.7367806,78.2265562
5. Aligarh – 27.930171,78.0634832
6. Charra/Chara/Chharra – 27.9264693,78.3942425
7. Kotla Firozabad – 27.2737344,78.4604958
8. Sasni – 27.7040666,78.0927622
9. Bishangarh – 27.1096191,79.4116366
10. Patiali – 27.6922256,78.998968
11. Dadon – 27.945083,78.4568238
12. Muhammadabad/Mohammadabad – 27.3064836,79.4259703
    I am not sure about this one. Someone on Wikimapia thinks it was a fort.
13. Hathras – 27.5930062,78.0610907
14. Kuraoli/Kurawali – 27.3903375,78.9699841
15. Mainpuri – 27.2375105,79.0266122

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Forts around Jhansi – Part 2

The last few weeks of work on the Jhansi AMS map has finally paid off. I’ve managed to locate almost all the forts that were marked on that grid as well as locate a few others that were not on that map.

Original map courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.(Click to enlarge)

To start with, the red marks are forts that are on the map but could not be found through the satellite images. That, as always, does not mean that there are no forts at those locations or that the forts do not exist anymore. It simply means that unless someone checks those locations out on the ground, nothing can be said about those forts with certainty. The blue marks are the forts that were found through the satellite.

In all, I found 30 forts and fortifications. To help load the page faster, I am excluding the embedded maps for all of these. The links will take you conveniently to the forts on Wikimapia.

1. Jhansi – 25.4577771,78.5758924
2. Barua/Barwa Sagar – 25.3751954,78.7412667
3. Orchha – 25.3502315, 78.6445892
   Orchha deserves a complete post by itself because of the unique placement of the fort and the massive outer fortification towards the west.
4. Shakurpura – 25.2470443, 78.5505885
5. Larwari – 25.2083484, 78.7146163
6. Kuraoni – 25.0597299, 78.6731064
   The fort is barely visible because of the low res image.
7. Kumheri – 25.026341, 78.7141764
8. Fort near Bachera – 25.0011013, 78.5718799
   Another low res image but the structure is discernible.
9. Ganj Dinara – 25.4627803, 78.3234859
10. Damron Kalan – 25.4148459, 78.2802916
11. Pichor/Pichhore – 25.1746359, 78.186425
12. Baghari – 25.073909, 78.0735737
13. Unknown fortification near previous fort – 25.0762704, 78.033056
14. Bhitarwar – 25.7889466, 78.1101322
15. Datia, main fort and outer fortifications – 25.6740691, 78.4544635
16. Bamori/Bamhori Kalan – 25.1349116, 79.0875453
17. Bonda – 25.1498201, 79.0490556
18. Jatara – 25.0094243, 79.0454721
19. Patha Ram – 25.4088764, 78.937135
20. Bijaigarh – 25.4191048, 79.0009099
21. Bijna – 25.4624316, 79.0173063
22. Tori Fatehpur – 25.458523, 79.1106606
23. Gursarai – 25.6165718, 79.1725793
24. Garvai/Garhvai – 25.6886983, 79.2145318
25. Samthar – 25.8445477, 78.9011693
26. Garh Kundan – 25.4815129, 78.8986963
27. Tahrauli – 25.5364831, 78.9927453
28. Chirgaon – 25.573424, 78.8109291
29. Fort near Sihor – 25.6713132, 78.0995965
30. Dhaura – 25.1282193, 79.156183

The map of princely states in Central India provides a better context for studying them further.

As an aside, while researching other forts in the area, I found a mention of a fort in Niwari where a fort was demolished by the Marathas.

These forts are not the only ones in the area but only those that I’ve managed to locate. There could be others.