Place · Rajput fort-town · India
Gwalior
Also known as Gwalior, Gwaliyar, Gopachala
The Rajput fort-town of central India, with a sandstone hill-fort inhabited continuously since the eighth century — held in turn by the Pratiharas, the Kachchhapaghatas, the Tomars, the Lodis, the Mughals, the Marathas and the Scindias. Man Singh Tomar's palace of 1500 inside the fort is the most elaborate pre-Mughal royal residence to survive. The Teli ka Mandir — a ninth-century Pratihara Vishnu temple — rises inside the walls, and the Gopāchal Jain colossi carved into the hill's face in the fifteenth century are the largest group of Jain rock sculpture in India. Tansen is buried in the old city and the Gwalior gharana of khayal grew around his tomb.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Tradition
- Standard reference and civic histories; INTACH and ASI records; municipal and state gazetteers.
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 26.218, 78.183
Connections (5)
- Site withinTeli ka Mandir, Gwalior
Teli ka Mandir, Gwalior sits inside Gwalior and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinTansen Samadhi, Gwalior
Tansen Samadhi, Gwalior sits inside Gwalior and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinGopāchal Jain colossi, Gwalior
Gopāchal Jain colossi, Gwalior sits inside Gwalior and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinGwalior Fort
Gwalior Fort lies within Gwalior — the two sites sit about 2 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Gwalior Fort is one of the specific sites that give Gwalior its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinChausath Yogini, Mitaoli
Chausath Yogini, Mitaoli lies within Gwalior — the two sites sit about 9 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Chausath Yogini, Mitaoli is one of the specific sites that give Gwalior its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.