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Romancing History: A Guide To Chittorgarh

Having housed 70,000 people in its heyday, the Chittorgarh fort is today more a 500-foot high colony than a monument. Explore the city of Chittorgarh and unearth the treasure trove of stories

Fort Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chittorgarh is all about the romance of history. Where a less imaginative eye can see only a mound of rock, the artistic mind can find a glorious past etched on stone, a time when death was preferred to dishonour and swords clashed with alarming regularity. A magnificent fort watches over the town, defying the everydayness of the landscape with stories so incredible that only a thin line seems to separate fact from fiction.