A Journey To Discover Life

Bhanwar Amar Singh I was born on 16th March 1559, to Kunwarani Ajabdeh Punwar and Kunwar Pratap Singh of Mewar at Chittorgarh Fort Kumbha Palace. Popular folklore described him as having the heart of his mother and the skills of his father. Amar was the first grandson of Udai Singh I, who had gone on a hunting trip post his birth to celebrate the day and had chanced upon the sage who warned him of a coming danger. It is in his suggestion that Lake Picholi soon saw a Mahal coming up next to it, and they called it Udaipur, the new capital. Amar Singh was a very brave boy. Just like his father, his training also started early, and according to James Todd's journal, he had joined his first war beside his father at the mere age of 8 years. As Chittorgarh fell and a rift appeared in the royal family, Amar, at a mere age of 10, was in charge of his siblings. An incident describes his defending of the entourage of queens while on their way to Kumbhalgarh in the forest against the enemy sol...

  This is a collaboration post with " Kathaavali " blogger, Shomik, who gave his much-needed insight and expertise, as well as his extensive research on the topic and ancient India and introduced me to this forgotten queen who deserved a blog on her.  The discovery: Around the 1970s, excavations were underway at Ramtek Hill in Maharashtra under Dr A.P. Jamkhedkar, the Director of the Archaeological Survey of India. The idea was to further study the Maratha fort at Ramtek and their lineage owing to the Ram Temple constructed by Raghuji Bhonsle, the ruler of Nagpur in the 18th century. As the excavation progressed, a temple was unearthed. It was soon discovered that the temple was not from the Maratha times after all. In fact, this Vaishnava temple dates back to the 5th century CE and soon shed light on one of the most important Queens of ancient India, forgotten like many others in the tide of time.  The Sanskrit inscription on the temple wall at Ramtek Kevala, although ba...