The Badaun Fort is a fort in the ancient city of
Badaun
Budaun is commonly pronounced Badayun is a city and a seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river in the centre of Western Uttar Pradesh. Budaun was the capital of Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 ...
which was built by
Ashoka The Great
Ashoka (, ; also ''Asoka''; 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third emperor of the Maurya Empire of Indian subcontinent during to 232 BCE. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, ...
when he visited the region around 240 BCE and named it BudhhMau. The Historian Roz Khan Lodhi says that it was the first settlement of the modern existing city of Badaun.
Forts in Uttar Pradesh
Budaun
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