(Photos) Plate.1. Plan andamp: Sections of Sitasej

Plate.1. Plan andamp: Sections of Sitasej

Pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolour drawing by Frederick Charles Maisey of the plan and section of the Sita sej cave in the fort of Kalinjar. this drawing is taken from an album of 60 drawings, dated 1847-1854. Kalinjar, one of the oldest hill forts in India, occupies a remote site on the last spur of the Vindhya Mountains above the Gangetic Valley, a plateau 375 metres high. The site was originally a revered hill shrine later fortified and occupied by successive generations of invaders.

It was an ancient Chandella stronghold from the 9th to the 15th centuries; it was later conquered by Akbar in 1569 and fell to Colonel Martindell in 1812. Within the fort there are numerous archaeological remains; Sita Sej is a small cave, with a stone bed and pillow once used by hermits.

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