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Mandu, or Mandogarh, is a ruined city in the Dhar district in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state, Central India . Mandu was the capital of the fifteenth-century Muslim kingdom of Malwa . This fortress town on a rocky outcrop 100 km from Indore is celebrated for its fine Architecture . Mandu is celebration in stone of life and joy, of the poet-prince Baz Bahadur for his beautiful consort, Rani Roopmati.The balladeers of Malwa still sing of the romance of these royal lovers, and high on the crest of a hill , Rani Roopmati's pavilion still gazes down at Baz Bahadur's palace, a magnificent expression of Afgan architecture. The Mandu city is situated at an elevation of 2079 ft. and extends for 8 miles along the crest of the Vindhya Range , overlooking the plateau of Malwa to the north, and the valley of the Narmada River to the south. Mandu with its natural defences was originally the fort-capital of Parmara rulers of Malwa . Towards the end of the 13th Century , it came under the sway of the Sultans of Malwa, the first of whom renamed it as Shadiabad- the city of Joy.It was founded by Dilawar Khan, who was governor of Malwa province under the Delhi Sultanate , and in 1401 declared himself Sultan of Malwa. The city reached its greatest splendour under Hoshang Shah (1405-1435). Sultan Mahmud Khalji (reigned 1436-69) expanded the state to include portions of Gujarat , Rajasthan , and the Deccan . The circuit of the battlemented wall is nearly 23 miles, enclosing a large number of palaces, mosques and other buildings. The oldest mosque dates from 1405; the finest is the Jama Masjid or great mosque, a notable example of Pathan architecture, founded by Hoshang Shah . The marble domed tomb of this ruler is also magnificent. The authority of Malwa's sultans declined towards the end of the fifteenth century, and in the early 1500's the sultan sought the aid of the sultans of Gujarat to counter the growing power of the Rajput s, while the Rajputs sought the aid of the Sesodia Rajput kings of Mewar . Gujarat stormed Mandu in 1518 and 1531, and shortly thereafter the Malwa sultanate collapsed. The Mughal emperor Akbar captured Malwa in 1562, and made it a province of his empire. Emperor Jahangir enjoyed the beauty and climate of Mandu. Mandu was abandoned by the seventeenth century. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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