The Bandhavgarh Fort is situated in

Bandhavgarh Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of , was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993. The current core area is spread ov ...

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district of

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. It is located on the Bandhavgarh hill, rising 811 meters above sea level at the centre of the

Bandhavgarh National Park Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of , was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993. The current core area is spread ov ...

. It is surrounded by many smaller hills separated by gently sloping valleys. These valleys end in small, swampy meadows, locally known as 'bohera'.

References

*L.K.Chaudhari & Safi Akhtar Khan: Bandhavgarh-Fort of the Tiger, Wild Atlas Books, Bhopal, 2003 *Shahbaz Ahmad: Charger the long living Tiger, Print World, Allahabad, 2001 *W.A.Rodgers, H.S.Panwar and V.B.Mathur: Wildlife Protected Area Network in India: A review, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 2000 *gulzar singh markam: gondwana ke garh darshan, bhopal, 2005 {{Forts in Madhya Pradesh Forts in Madhya Pradesh Umaria district Places in the Ramayana