Danta fort — Attraction in Rajasthan

From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek phrourion was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted as a border guard rather than a real strongpoint to watch and...

Danta Ramgarh is a census town and a tehsil tehsil of Sikar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.[1] Ex vice president of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, was born in village Khachariyaws close by to east of Ramgarh. Dantaramgarh tehsil is the largest tehsil in Sikar district and its population is above 300,000. This village is famous for its strategic fort built by Guman Singh Ladkhani in the year 1744. The topography of the surroundings from the top of the fort is breaths taking. Baba Balinath was a very popular saint about 400 years back. He is regarded as a village deity...

The danta fort is historical place. Before independence this place is very busy and crowded.Here the king known as THAKUR SA and had controlle on nearby villages. After the independence this fort gets in bad condition lack of maintenance therefor former chief minister Bhero Singh Shekhawat Khachariyavas made decision to make hotels inside every fort...