About Bundelkhand

INTRODUCTION 

Bundelkhand is a geographical and cultural region and also a mountain range in central & North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion lying in the latter state.

The Khangar ruled areas of present-day Bundelkhand after the fall of the Chandelas. Maharaja Khet Singh Khangar, founder of the Khangar Kingdom. The capital of Khangar kingdom is Garh Kundar. Their seat of power was at Garh Kundar, a fort built by Khub Singh Khangar who was the grandson of Maharaja Khet Singh Khangar. During the Khangar dynasty rule, Bundelkhand was known as Jujhauti, implying the land of warriors. The name of the region derives from the Bundela who succeeded the khangar Rajputs as rulers of the region in the mid-14th-century capture Khangar Kingdom capital Garh Kundar then move Orchha

Jhansi is the largest city in Bundelkhand and is a major cultural, educational, transport and economic hub. Other major towns of Bundelkhand are Konch, Kalpi, Chirgaon, Datia, Dabra, Mauranipur, Panna, Banda, Chitrakoot, Tikamgarh, Rath, Lalitpur, Sagar, Damoh, Jalaun, Orai, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Ashoknagar, and Chhatarpur.

Among the well-known places of Bundelkhand is Khajuraho, which has numerous 10th-century sculptures devoted to fine living and eroticism. The mines of Panna have been the source of magnificent diamonds; a very large one dug from the last active mine was kept for a time in the fort of Kalinjar.