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24 w Lohgarh : The World’s Largest Fort

weapons. These arms were manufactured by the Sikligars and the
Vanjara Rajputs, who had inherited this skill from their fathers and
forefathers. It seems that the weapons manufactured here were sent
to the Nahan state and the Lohgarh Fort of the hill zone also.

Geographical Map of Lohgarh Fort
Lohgarh Fort was not a bastion built on one or two hills; it was a large
Fort built on dozens of hills, thus, this becomes the largest* Fort in the
world.
Lohgarh Fort is about 29 kilometers from Nahan, Sadhaura and
Paonta Sahib. Most of the area of this Fort lies in the erstwhile Nahan 1
State. The epicenter of the Fort is spread in 7000 acres land of (Yamuna
Nagar district) Haryana and (Sirmaur district) Himanchal states of India.
Villages Lohgarh, Haripur, Jheel Bankebara, Mehtavali, Devavala, Palori,
Sukron, Mehronvala, Charanvala, Jamni (Himanchal) and Bhagwanpur,
Nathauri, Dhananura, Nagli, Mohindinpur (Haryana) etc were a part of
Lohgarh Fort. In fact the Fort was spread from Udhamgarh (near Kala
Amb) to Kalesar forest. Raipur Rani, Toka , Kala Amb and Pinjor have
been part of this Fort. The area between Thaska and Tevar, and, Milkara,
Taharpur, Darapur, Cheeka, up to Kalesar forest is about 40 to 50
kilometers in length and 10 to 15 kilometers in width. These hills are at
a height of 1200 to 1900 feet from sea level.
According to Mohammed Qasim Aurangabadi, in November 1710,
the Lohgarh Fort is spread on 16-17 hills and it is really difficult to climb
these hills, and the Sikhs had established bastions in an area of 5 to 7
kms. Around the Lohgarh Fort, there are deep forests spread from
Lohgarh village to Kalesar and Sukron, and, even today (in 2018), some
ferocious animals still dwell there. This region is known as Dabar hills. If
this was the state of affairs, how could the Mughal army capture the
Fort in just one and a half day?
Most of the walls of Lohgarh Fort were two to four fold. There were
walls after walls. Some of the walls were 2.5 to 3.5 meters in width.
These walls had the filling of lime, material which gave still greater
strength to the walls of this Fort. All this work could not have been