Page 42 - Lohgarh

Chapter 2

Structure and Location

of the Lohgarh Fort

Fortification of the Lohgarh Fort was made in a huge area to deal with
the mammoth army of the Mughals and a strategic planning of the
defense was made keeping in view the Mughal warfare. The epicenter
of the Fort is spread in almost 7000 acres which is situated in the old
State of Nahan, in the present Yamuna Nagar District of Haryana and
Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh. The archaeological evidence, along
with time and motion study of Lohgarh Fort shows that it must have
taken about 70 to 80 years for completion of the Fortification work of
such a large area. The Lohgarh Trust Yamuna Nagar has collected the
evidences from Archaeologists and Engineers of Time and Motion study
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experts. The area of the Fort is spread in revenue estates of Lohgarh,
Haripur, Chile, Mehtawali, Palori, Sukron, Maharonwala in Himachal
Pradesh, and, Bhagwanpur Nathori, Dhanaura, Nagli and Mohindinpur
revenue estates of Haryana State; and, the circumference of this Fort is
about 50 km. The Fortification of the bastions of the Fort Lohgarh existed
right on the hills known as Dabar Hills and it is holistically an arc shaped
ridge starting from the river Yamuna to river Markanda. The overall
Fortification of the hills in the said area is extended about 60000 acres.
For research work the Fort is divided into 32 sectors. The defense
established before the Lohgarh Fort in plains, to check the advance of
Mughal Army, was extended up to Ladwa & Indri (districts of
Kurukashetra and Karnal). After the Archaeological survey and after the
intervention of Persian records, it has clearly come out that the
Fortification/chowkies were established in the Shivalik Hills, in the
present districts of Yamuna Nagar, Ambala (Toka Sahib area) and