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Mandu
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In this "City of Joy" I still hear the Rani
Roopmati’s lyrical voice across the Narmada,
which remembers me the love tales of the
poet-prince Baz Bahadur for the beautiful Rani
Rupmati. Mandu, the fortress of joy, rises 634
meters high in the Vindhya Range and is enclosed
in battlements 37 km long. With-in this
well-defended plateau is wealth of palaces,
pleasure pavilions, mansions, tombs and mosques.
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 The hill range is endowed with a very attractive
natural scenery, which is at its best during the
rainy season, when on all sides, it is clothed
in green with a number of brooks and torrents,
rushing down into the ravine winding about its
sides below. The beauty of which is further
enhanced by about a dozen lakes and ponds
interspersed on its top.
Emperor Jehangir who journeyed all the way from
Delhi to spend time here wrote " I Know of no
place so pleasant in climate and so pretty in
scenery as Mandu during the rains." It was
called by the Muslim rulers as Shadiabad, " The
City of Joy".
Each of Mandu’s structures is an architectural
gem and the monuments were raised in the period
of hardly 125 years, between 1401 A.D to 1526
A.D; some are out standing like massive Massive
Jami Massjid and Hoshang Shah’s tomb, which
provided inspiration for the master builders of
the Magnificent Taj Mahal centuries later. |
Hindola Mahal,Sultan
Ghiyasud-din Khilji also built the
Hindola Mahal, or the Swinging Palace.
It got this name from its sloping walls
which looked like the trestle supports
of a swing. It was a great audience hall
of the King of Mandu.
Roopmati’s Pavilion
On the lofty crest of the hill to the
south beyond the place of Baz Bahadur
stand the pavilions associated with the
romantic name of Roopmati. The Pavilion
was originally built as an army
observation post. From its hills perch,
this graceful structure with its two
pavilions was a retreat of the lovely
queen, from where she could see Baz
Bahadur’s palace and the sacred river
Narmada,the stream of which is seen is
from here on a clear sunny day, winding
about like a white serpent on the plains
below. To enjoy the romantic beauty of
the site one should visit at the time of
sunset or in a clear moon-light when he
will surely feel himself to be in a
fairly dream-land of the past, an
experienced he might never forget. |
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Baz Bahadur Palace
The 6th century palace is situated on
the slopes of a hill in the midst of
picturesque natural scenery with a wide
courtyard and encircled by halls and
high terraces.
Hoshang Shah’s Tomb
Retains the masculinity and majesty of
the Afgan ruler and is one of the finest
example of Afgan architecture. It has a
beautiful dome, marble lattice work,
porticos, courts and towers.
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 Jami Mashid
Built on the lines of the great mosque of
Damascus this grand mosque stands on a high
ground with a porch protruding in the center.
Its construction was started by Hoshang and
completed by Mahmud Khalji in 1454 A.D
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Jahaze Mahal
A 120 meter,. Long double-storied pleasure palace built
between two lakes Munji Talao and Kanpur Talao,
resembles a ship and during monsoons it resembles a ship
sailing in a great lake. Sultan Ghiyasud-din Khilji who
reigned for 31 years from 1469 built this Palace for his
large harem of 15,000 women.
Mugal emperor Jahangir and his beautiful wife, Nur
Janhan, lived here often and held memorable lantern-lit
parties and functions, about one of which the emperor
writes: "It was a wonderful assembly.In the beginning of
the evening they lighted lanterns and lamps all round
the tanks and buildings and a lighting up was carried
out like of which has never been arranged in any place.
The lanterns and lamps cast their reflection on the
water and it appeared as if the whole surfact of the
tank was a plain fire. A grand entertainment took place
and the drunkards indulged themselves to excess".
One can just imagine the original beauty of the
construction and the joys of life it witnessed from the
above account.
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