3:50, a Chinese monk xuang zang visited india during that period in 602AD. He has wrote an extensive book of his journey to india under Gupta Empire and he studied buddhism in Nalanda University of India for a decade translating Sanskrit to Chinese language. Gupta Empire was the golden period of india.
.. Gabriel you hit goldmine. Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
This video needs lots of views. As an Indian i feel shame that I did not know about this place. Thanks to you now I know. There are actually so many places which needs attention but its not happening.
This single video is more than enough to tell the world how advance india was... especially to those who think mughal were the architect of india. Actually they were the destroyer of india.
Gabriel is unhinged! :)) Nobody in their right mind would dare explore the Northern parts of India under the broiling Indian sun during the months of April to June.
Yea that fist breath. When it hurts ya know it's Hot. Thats what happened to me anyway n im thinking How do people live in this heat n i grew up up n down in California, n then moved to Las Vegas Nevada. But that was back in 1990 or 91. In
U discovered something which I never knew existed in this part of India incredible art and history what a find great job Gabriel. There is so much unexplored place in india need to be known, all the best from Atlanta 🇺🇲
Perhaps, We Indian don't have any respect for our great culture, religion and civilization, that is destroyed by मलेच्छा Muslims, and they r thret for hindu dharm and our mother land.
Absolutely. I stay in Bangalore, but ashamed , to know about this place from u . Not yet seen this place. India is full of places like this. Olden days kings built like this type of temples, filled with art. Thank u sir
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ than u a million times. I will see atleast in u tube . I only req GOD to see them in person . We have treasures in our picket but do not know its value
Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
I am from Mumbai India 🇮🇳 and never heard of this fort before. India is such an incredible country. It's a shame that our tourism department doesn't work enough to promote such unique marvels and attractions. Thank you for sharing this Gabriel 🙏 ❤
@@ericme5715 a Chinese monk xuang zang visited india during that period in 602AD. He has wrote an extensive book of his journey to india under Gupta and he studied buddhism in Nalanda University of India for a decade.
@@avibcci1297 602 AD means that he probably visited India during the reign of Emperor Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti Empire. The Gupta Empire collapsed in 550AD and the Pushyabhutis managed to reunite most of Northern India for 50 years until Harsha's death in the late 640s AD. Southern India at this time was ruled by the Badami Chalukya Empire. There was a famous battle fought along the Narmada River between Emperor Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhutis and Emperor Pulakeshin of the Chalukyas.
India is just endless with what you can explore, that’s why it’s my favourite place to travel along with Central Asia! Also greatest food in the world hands down, can’t wait to go back someday
This place is breathtaking. The carvings running up the columns are something else. This is why India is such an incredible experience. It never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for taking us there.
23:20 that's a technique used in ancient times to store water in mountains, you'll thought that water they carried from base but actually that water is stored from nearby source of water, in India almost in every fort on hills you'll find this water storage area, they're built in such a way that they don't get evaporated easily, when these facilities were in use at that time water must be clean but now no one uses it so they don't bother to change anything.
Wow, absolutely breathtaking in every sense of the word.Extremely impressive archaeological find .Gabriel, thank you so much sir, for another amazing vlog.Stay healthy, stay safe.👍🙏🏽
Kalinjar fort is very old, it mentioned during bhuddha period ( prior to 600 BCE ), almost every major empire had used this fort. Kalinja means distroyer of time. Many peoeple in India, even me, did not knew about this until now, thank a lot for covering it.
kalinjar fort was one of the capitals of chandela empire (area similar to bundelkhand), other being khajuraho. khajuraho is more famous because of the erotic sculptors. kalinjar was strategically very important for anyone with a desire to rule over India. It was probably in prominence during the gupta rule. chandellas were probably governors of kannauj empire who ruled vast parts of northern India, later they broke away and became independent. After turkish conquest of north india (delhi sultanate but before mughals) many tried to capture this fort but failed. In fact, sher shah suri died here trying to capture this fort because the cannon ball exploded due to very high walls. His son built a mosque there. Also, worth mentioning is that the rulers have built some marking everywhere there is water. This is helpful when enemies army circle the fort and due to hot weather it may not be possible to go down the hill. It is currently being maintained by archeological survey of India, but there are allegations that it is not being done properly and that ASI is interested only in mughal arhitecture due to ideological reasons. Only mughal king akbar was able to capture the fort for sometime. Later under raja chatrasal of panna (near khajuraho), bundelkhand became independent again and no one could capture it. When the king grew old, he divided his state. Gave one part to the maratha with its capital at gwalior, although gwalior is very old and also strategically very important, in fact india's oldest symbol of zero is found in one of the temples at gwalior. one of the seats of power was at Kalpi nearby. When the british took over, they found the fort was too strong so they destroyed its walls and made it fade into history.
Chandela kings were prominent before the rajasthan forts. You may see unique structural styles and heavy carvings of different era. There are a few temples built later during the bundela period which has maratha influences in the same complex. It is worth noting that this region has even older history as archeological evidences.
ASI have to change their mindset and work for the maintenance and restoration of the monuments. Why do the governments (State and central) think that these places need only security and someone to issue tickets?☹️ We should wake up before it is too late. As such, most of the present generation has no inkling about our glorious past due to various reasons. It is the duty of the government to take more initiative and interest to preserve these for posterity. If development is important for a Nation so also its past history.
@@krishnaprem2089 History is subjective. Besides much of it has already been stolen or destroyed. This area is not a well developed region. Anyway, as there are less people here, it is better for environment and ecology. Many of the villages nearby are 1000 years old with many beautiful temples and townplanning. However, with modern technology, we can see and visit, virtually such places. In olden temples, statues representing stories from purana and Upanishad are represented. Culture lives, thats the whole point.
It's very true yhat ASI is ruled by incompetent and inefficient government servants and very few actually do their job properly. For ASI, monuments begin and end with Taj. They can't see beyond that, neither they care. Especially the marvelous Hindu architecture is completely neglected.
18:34 "Saat Manjil" means Seven levels (storeys) . Manjil is urdu mixup in Hindi. He wants to say the broken structure had seven levels. He did not say "Mandir" :)
@@vivekra :) You wont use it in normal conversation. It is called "अट्टालक" [Attalakah] . It comes from sanskrit. It means floor . And the whole building is called अट्टालिका [Attalika] . I remember this word as it came in one of famous Hindi poem " तोड़ती पत्थर" by renowned Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. Actually Manjil/Manzil loosely translates into storeys/levels/floor . It is not an exact word but still people use it. Manzil means ""destination" and so when used with building it actually means "roof" [as roof is considered to be final end . So loosly 7 roofs or 7 Manzils:)
@20:26 Gabriel actually he is trying to explain you that the water dripping from the shiva head is the symbolic representation of River Ganges , as in hindu mythology " shiva tied River ganga in his jata(hair) to decrease the intensity of flow of River water on earth and to quench the thirst of people "
Location: Bundelkhand, in Panna District of Madhya Pradesh, in India History of Kalinjar Fort Built in 5th century Built by Bhar Shivas, Chandellas and Marathas. It was built by Chandela ruler Paramaditya Dev Materials: Granite Stones Battles/wars: Mahmud of Ghazni 1023, Sher Shah Suri 1545, Maratha Bhattshahi 1732, East India Company 1812 and Revolt of 1857 Demolished: 1858
Mughal emperor Babur became the only commander in history to have captured the fort in 1526. It was also the place where Sher Shah Suri met his death in 1545 when he was killed either in the fort or nearby on the grounds. In 1569 Akbar captured the fort and it was under Mughal rule until its capture by the Marathas.
Man this was epic! I didnt knew about this place being an indian ..Thanks a lot for showing these unexplored architecture..Is this place well preserved? Do they take tickets to see the place?
Gabriel: I think you're the best vlogger coverage of India.....very inspirational, and encourages one to visit these historical places..... thanks for sharing....♥️♥️🇺🇸 Edit: ancient Art, Architecture & History....the best ...♥️🙂 Would be nice if the government or city mgt would enclosed the area & maintain this place.... then I don't mind donations to help.... it's beautiful history....
Its not possible for the govt to manage the vast spread of these temples dotting across whole of country. Well one day when india gets richer then maybe.
Love, love, love the tours of the ancient temples! Was that a woman with a bow and arrow at 7:01? Cool. I wish I knew everything the ancients were trying to tell us with these carvings
The last two videos of Kalinjar are truly mind blowingly awesome. You have truly excelled yourself on this Indian visit Gab! It's interesting that all the sculptures are numbered for reference or as some kind of guide? 👍🙏
Even most Hindus are kept uninformed and bombarded with Taj Mahal by media and academia. I will explain why: Gabriel you hit goldmine. Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
16:51 statue of woman in bikini shows that how advanced civilization that was. also have seen many things like telescope and other stufffs in ancient Indian temples which are at least 900 years old.
Thats not a statue of women its a statue of sadhu or rishi wearing langota a cloth wore by sadhus and rishis and its a defaced art with his hands holding up praying to lord shiva, you can see such statues in temples. Images of naked women are never carved inside the temple where the lord is placed, as it attracts your attention from the Lord.
Harsh stupid argument. Brahmacharya and asceticism was the core of society. Embraced sex? Only between wedded couple. Even Kamasutra recommends moderation, self control and even brahmacharya and a virgin bride. Nonetheless, it's highly likely to have been edited by the British.
I often find it really difficult to understand how come people of that era were able to build such incredibly complex architectures without any modern equipment. Extremely hard to comprehend in todays age.
@@avibcci1297 All the building methods used in ancient India is based on vastushastra. it has precise methods of how a large group of well trained technicians created these masterpiece. modern India is not so well organised and manpower is barely trained in anything.
Man, this place is incredible, I hope one day G,O,I will put some money into this place for some sort of restoration. All the defacement reminds me of what isis did to Mosul aka Mesopotamia just a few years back. The destruction of ancient art and architecture just breaks my heart. This place in its prime must have been a true wonder of the world.
We Indians and our GOI are useless who don"t respect, care, or value our heritage...Maybe white people will save these sites, books n heritage...I have no expectations from Indians...
Destruction takes no effort but to put brick by brick and build it takes your hardwork and effort, destructors are barbarian culture with no sense for art.
thank you Gabriel to show us the " Undiscovered "history , being an Indian even I was unaware of this exquisite beauty...Kudos to your hardwork and desire to know Ancient hindu mythological history
gupta period means 5 th century so it's 1500 years old. and the thing written on wall is Sanskrit but script is Brahmi instead of Devanagari (Hindi uses This script). 13:01 seems like leg of Hanuman.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos 18:40 he was saying 7 floors. saat manzil 19:34 chandrama means moon , while pointing on his head oh Gab , being an Indian i never realised, such place exists, thank you a lot, and i mean it, no youtuber tries to show such things, i saw these for first time in my life . once again thanks man.
@@ksrtechtelugu5880 Part of finding the way around is by getting input from the locals. sometimes Ive noticed Gabe gets certain things wrong(not his fault) with a lot communication barrier, thats were you and me can clear things out. Cheers!
@@meow14115 thank you for the info. It's great to get history/ translations from locals. I sometimes read comments and the input from locals is always helpful. Greets from PH. 🇵🇭. 👍🏼🌞
I was going to say I thought I seen this, but the first part was not there I'll watch it again nope this one is different. WOW that is some Awesome! carving very cool.
A blessed good day sir Gabe ,Wowwww What a nice Mind blowing ancient Structures architectural Temple and incredible ancient civilizations Arts and Monuments, of Kalinjur Temple In India for So Many, Many Years, Ago, What a epic discovery of You sir Gabe, 😍👏👏👏👏👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 full of Rich Histories, and discoveries for this Wonderful ancient Temple 😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank u so much for your excellent Wonderful walk around discovery adventure tour in Holy Temple of Kalinjur India , Godbless all the People of India 🙏🙂👏👏👏👏🙏❤️❤️ and Godbelss sir Gabe from your solid fan viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 🙏🙂 "Happy Easter" NAmaste 🙏,"
OK, I'm officially a fan. Have been planning a trip to Kalinjar for quite a while and haven't managed it. You're the first person to make a video of this fort.
Hi Gabriel, At one time must have been a magnificent place as you step in the front entrance there must have been a very large pool of water perhaps a sacred pool also used for rituals it's a very interesting location with many different buildings with some buildings that have probably have been destroyed. Similar to the European castle's small city-like structure for protecting local people.
That's the misunderstand when foreigners founded Angkor wat, they thought the moat is good for protection, even in wiki moat defines as defence..but ancient builders used moats or tanks for the soil remains firm and durable
Thank u so much for Exploring such a incredible place and unknown place for us. Even we didn't travel much in whole India and appreciate u gor this. U are like promoting our architect and marvelous places👌👌👌 Keep it up
Why? Gabriel you hit goldmine. Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
Thanks for coming and discovering India. I didn't see this till now. Great architecture, wonderful sculptures. Beautiful temple. We belong to great heritage
Gupta Dyasty existed from 250 BC to 100 BC their kingdom spread from east coast of Africa ETHIOPIA to Pragyasthala South America. The polynesians especially the Queen of Tahiti claimed their ancestry to Gupta Empire.It was during the reign of king Samudragupta Indian Empire spread the most.Samudraguta placed the protoaustroloid aborigines from India in Australaya or modern day Australia to protect the merchant navy ships to sail safely upto the coast of Peru through malacca strait as there were Pirate ships who used to loot the merchant ships.Peru in Marathi means Guava.
Brilliant! It reminded me of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. That particular type of stone and just how many high relief carvings there are is incredible. I don’t know much about the Gupta period, but I’m an English teacher, and I cover that history very briefly with my students before moving on to the Mogul Dynasty. Anyway, I really enjoyed your video!
Before Mughal dynasty is the real india, ancient India. Lot of foreigners don't know about that. North to South lot of Hindu Buddhist kingdom took india to Glory but after Mughal came India, lot people become poor, slavery. Even they destroyed 1000 of ancient Hindu temples. U can only visit ancient temples in south india. Because south never invaded by Mughal. Angot war was Hindu temple worshipped Vishnu. after, it become Buddhist temple.
@@arpitshukla6447 That does not surprise me! I could see the similarity in the Cambodian rock carvings! How fascinating. Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to return to India and see this myself. 🙏
Wow, otherworldly craftsmanship and artistry....it is to the Indian people's credit that these images have survived as long and as well as they have...in Europe they would be covered in graffiti or defaced by Islamists and other uncultured vandals, much worse than anything we see here. Respect to the Indian people. Great discovery Gabriel. Thanks for showing. I will try to go there one day
You are a crazy man, Gabriel. In the words of John Malkovich: " I am a traveler. Not a tourist" That must be the reason why I'm subscribed. But I am still waiting for you to visit my country...
In the vast meadows of Central India , lies these historical remains !! Thanks to effort's to bring down these before the interested pepple !! We can see whatever is n't destructed !! Bow before those ancient Hindus who built these mighty architecture 🙏🙏
Imagine this place in its heydays….so mystical ..thanks to Gabriel Traveller…feel ashamed didn’t know it’s existence,though visited Khajuraho,would love to see this place
You can see more of this incredible fort in Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/R7KD4p_j2iQ/v-deo.html
3:50, a Chinese monk xuang zang visited india during that period in 602AD. He has wrote an extensive book of his journey to india under Gupta Empire and he studied buddhism in Nalanda University of India for a decade translating Sanskrit to Chinese language. Gupta Empire was the golden period of india.
Any info about the Chinese translate version?
Gupta dynasty was in reality during the 3rd century BCE. Many people have erred in interpreting the records.
@@upadhyayrathiraj1518 because Xuan Xang visited Harsha's court... The one who visited Gupta Empire was Fa Hien.
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Gabriel you hit goldmine.
Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity
Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
This video needs lots of views. As an Indian i feel shame that I did not know about this place. Thanks to you now I know. There are actually so many places which needs attention but its not happening.
Less awareness ,many people still didn't get out of own State, people busy in own Life and no such adventure or travel interest
This single video is more than enough to tell the world how advance india was... especially to those who think mughal were the architect of india. Actually they were the destroyer of india.
We elect corrupt politicians as leaders. How can Indians be advanced then??
Indians themselves had no unity before the foreign invasion + the caste system was brutal here. These things destroyed India.
Gabriel is unhinged! :)) Nobody in their right mind would dare explore the Northern parts of India under the broiling Indian sun during the months of April to June.
Except maybe Jar Jar Binks.
I did this, in April/May 2008, it was brutal but I saw it as a rite of passage.
Yea that fist breath. When it hurts ya know it's Hot. Thats what happened to me anyway n im thinking How do people live in this heat n i grew up up n down in California, n then moved to Las Vegas Nevada. But that was back in 1990 or 91. In
I second you.... It's like Gabby has no respect for his own health! 😭
Yousa right Jar Jar. Itssa lotta hot climate here 🥵
U discovered something which I never knew existed in this part of India incredible art and history what a find great job Gabriel. There is so much unexplored place in india need to be known, all the best from Atlanta 🇺🇲
Perhaps, We Indian don't have any respect for our great culture, religion and civilization, that is destroyed by मलेच्छा Muslims, and they r thret for hindu dharm and our mother land.
Even We Indians don't know
Absolutely. I stay in Bangalore, but ashamed , to know about this place from u . Not yet seen this place. India is full of places like this. Olden days kings built like this type of temples, filled with art. Thank u sir
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ than u a million times. I will see atleast in u tube . I only req GOD to see them in person . We have treasures in our picket but do not know its value
Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
I am from Mumbai India 🇮🇳 and never heard of this fort before. India is such an incredible country. It's a shame that our tourism department doesn't work enough to promote such unique marvels and attractions. Thank you for sharing this Gabriel 🙏 ❤
3:50 before Gupta empire period means before 2k years old . At that time India was most advanced in maths , astronomy etc .
These self proclaimed guides are illiterates
@@ericme5715 He is not a guide, he is a taxi driver and he knew a lot for a taxi driver.
@@ericme5715 a Chinese monk xuang zang visited india during that period in 602AD. He has wrote an extensive book of his journey to india under Gupta and he studied buddhism in Nalanda University of India for a decade.
@@avibcci1297 602 AD means that he probably visited India during the reign of Emperor Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti Empire. The Gupta Empire collapsed in 550AD and the Pushyabhutis managed to reunite most of Northern India for 50 years until Harsha's death in the late 640s AD. Southern India at this time was ruled by the Badami Chalukya Empire. There was a famous battle fought along the Narmada River between Emperor Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhutis and Emperor Pulakeshin of the Chalukyas.
@@ericme5715 better than self proclaimed judges
India is just endless with what you can explore, that’s why it’s my favourite place to travel along with Central Asia! Also greatest food in the world hands down, can’t wait to go back someday
This is just one of the hundreds of extraordinary temples & Fort architecture in India. You must visit Ellora.
This place is breathtaking. The carvings running up the columns are something else. This is why India is such an incredible experience. It never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for taking us there.
A monkey sitting right beside it's own revered form Hanuman is quite a niche thing to see. Wonderful vlog as always!!
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Amazing Gab. More locations to add to my list. Thanks for the insight. Jai Shambu Har Har Mahadev 🙏🏾🔱🔱🔱
What an incredible place! Never heard of this place actually. Absolutely mind blowing
23:20 that's a technique used in ancient times to store water in mountains, you'll thought that water they carried from base but actually that water is stored from nearby source of water, in India almost in every fort on hills you'll find this water storage area, they're built in such a way that they don't get evaporated easily, when these facilities were in use at that time water must be clean but now no one uses it so they don't bother to change anything.
Yes . True . Rightly said 👍
Wow, absolutely breathtaking in every sense of the word.Extremely impressive archaeological find .Gabriel, thank you so much sir, for another amazing vlog.Stay healthy, stay safe.👍🙏🏽
Incredible awesome Gabriel you found a gem. Thank you, I see why you love India.
Kalinjar fort is very old, it mentioned during bhuddha period ( prior to 600 BCE ), almost every major empire had used this fort.
Kalinja means distroyer of time.
Many peoeple in India, even me, did not knew about this until now, thank a lot for covering it.
kalinjar fort was one of the capitals of chandela empire (area similar to bundelkhand), other being khajuraho. khajuraho is more famous because of the erotic sculptors. kalinjar was strategically very important for anyone with a desire to rule over India. It was probably in prominence during the gupta rule. chandellas were probably governors of kannauj empire who ruled vast parts of northern India, later they broke away and became independent. After turkish conquest of north india (delhi sultanate but before mughals) many tried to capture this fort but failed. In fact, sher shah suri died here trying to capture this fort because the cannon ball exploded due to very high walls. His son built a mosque there.
Also, worth mentioning is that the rulers have built some marking everywhere there is water. This is helpful when enemies army circle the fort and due to hot weather it may not be possible to go down the hill. It is currently being maintained by archeological survey of India, but there are allegations that it is not being done properly and that ASI is interested only in mughal arhitecture due to ideological reasons.
Only mughal king akbar was able to capture the fort for sometime. Later under raja chatrasal of panna (near khajuraho), bundelkhand became independent again and no one could capture it. When the king grew old, he divided his state. Gave one part to the maratha with its capital at gwalior, although gwalior is very old and also strategically very important, in fact india's oldest symbol of zero is found in one of the temples at gwalior. one of the seats of power was at Kalpi nearby. When the british took over, they found the fort was too strong so they destroyed its walls and made it fade into history.
Chandela kings were prominent before the rajasthan forts. You may see unique structural styles and heavy carvings of different era. There are a few temples built later during the bundela period which has maratha influences in the same complex.
It is worth noting that this region has even older history as archeological evidences.
write blog, and leave link please, we need people like you :)
ASI have to change their mindset and work for the maintenance and restoration of the monuments. Why do the governments (State and central) think that these places need only security and someone to issue tickets?☹️ We should wake up before it is too late. As such, most of the present generation has no inkling about our glorious past due to various reasons. It is the duty of the government to take more initiative and interest to preserve these for posterity. If development is important for a Nation so also its past history.
@@krishnaprem2089 History is subjective. Besides much of it has already been stolen or destroyed. This area is not a well developed region. Anyway, as there are less people here, it is better for environment and ecology. Many of the villages nearby are 1000 years old with many beautiful temples and townplanning. However, with modern technology, we can see and visit, virtually such places. In olden temples, statues representing stories from purana and Upanishad are represented. Culture lives, thats the whole point.
People like praveenmohan are presenting knowledge about such places on youtube.
It's very true yhat ASI is ruled by incompetent and inefficient government servants and very few actually do their job properly. For ASI, monuments begin and end with Taj. They can't see beyond that, neither they care. Especially the marvelous Hindu architecture is completely neglected.
14:00 Prayagraj is not new name ..It used to be the city's name before Mughal attacked the city and changed the name
This name is difficult to pronounce
I see, good to know.
@@humblebee8334 prayag and raj . simple
@@humblebee8334 for hindi Or sanskrit speaker it is very simple
@@aakashrai6820 also very easy for marathi speakers.
18:34 "Saat Manjil" means Seven levels (storeys) . Manjil is urdu mixup in Hindi. He wants to say the broken structure had seven levels. He did not say "Mandir" :)
Manzil is not a Hindi word? What is the correct word in Hindi?
@@vivekra
:) You wont use it in normal conversation. It is called "अट्टालक" [Attalakah] . It comes from sanskrit. It means floor . And the whole building is called अट्टालिका [Attalika] .
I remember this word as it came in one of famous Hindi poem " तोड़ती पत्थर" by renowned Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala.
Actually Manjil/Manzil loosely translates into storeys/levels/floor . It is not an exact word but still people use it.
Manzil means ""destination" and so when used with building it actually means "roof" [as roof is considered to be final end . So loosly 7 roofs or 7 Manzils:)
@@truthteller2991 Thanks!
@@truthteller2991 you seem very well versed in literature and culture !
@truth teller... ofcourse mughals lutere invaders destroyed 6 atalaq as usual😓
@20:26 Gabriel actually he is trying to explain you that the water dripping from the shiva head is the symbolic representation of River Ganges , as in hindu mythology " shiva tied River ganga in his jata(hair) to decrease the intensity of flow of River water on earth and to quench the thirst of people "
Hindusim is alive not dead yet
Location: Bundelkhand, in Panna District of Madhya Pradesh, in India
History of Kalinjar Fort
Built in 5th century
Built by Bhar Shivas, Chandellas and Marathas. It was built by Chandela ruler Paramaditya Dev
Materials: Granite Stones
Battles/wars: Mahmud of Ghazni 1023, Sher Shah Suri 1545, Maratha Bhattshahi 1732, East India Company 1812 and Revolt of 1857
Demolished: 1858
Mughal emperor Babur became the only commander in history to have captured the fort in 1526. It was also the place where Sher Shah Suri met his death in 1545 when he was killed either in the fort or nearby on the grounds. In 1569 Akbar captured the fort and it was under Mughal rule until its capture by the Marathas.
Man this was epic! I didnt knew about this place being an indian ..Thanks a lot for showing these unexplored architecture..Is this place well preserved? Do they take tickets to see the place?
Yes there's a gate and a ticket office where you enter, it's 300 rupees for foreigners.
Hi Gabriel! A person can spend a lifetime in India for the sights and experiences.
The background music is so peaceful I feel like I am alone in that whole world and a peace of mind.
Gabriel: I think you're the best vlogger coverage of India.....very inspirational, and encourages one to visit these historical places..... thanks for sharing....♥️♥️🇺🇸
Edit: ancient Art, Architecture & History....the best ...♥️🙂
Would be nice if the government or city mgt would enclosed the area & maintain this place.... then I don't mind donations to help.... it's beautiful history....
Its not possible for the govt to manage the vast spread of these temples dotting across whole of country. Well one day when india gets richer then maybe.
Love, love, love the tours of the ancient temples! Was that a woman with a bow and arrow at 7:01? Cool.
I wish I knew everything the ancients were trying to tell us with these carvings
Goddess Kali.
It's 1000 years + my dear guest.
More than 1000....
I repeat more than 1000 years old.
Thank you.
The last two videos of Kalinjar are truly mind blowingly awesome. You have truly excelled yourself on this Indian visit Gab! It's interesting that all the sculptures are numbered for reference or as some kind of guide? 👍🙏
I think the numbers are assigned by archeological society of India for documentation.
Even most Hindus are kept uninformed and bombarded with Taj Mahal by media and academia.
I will explain why:
Gabriel you hit goldmine.
Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity
Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
16:51 statue of woman in bikini shows that how advanced civilization that was. also have seen many things like telescope and other stufffs in ancient Indian temples which are at least 900 years old.
Hinduism has always embraced sex ,it was an open society, Kamasutra was written in India
@@harsh1201 yup u r right
Thats not a statue of women its a statue of sadhu or rishi wearing langota a cloth wore by sadhus and rishis and its a defaced art with his hands holding up praying to lord shiva, you can see such statues in temples.
Images of naked women are never carved inside the temple where the lord is placed, as it attracts your attention from the Lord.
@@dgurunathreddy no man it was a women l watch again
Harsh stupid argument. Brahmacharya and asceticism was the core of society. Embraced sex? Only between wedded couple. Even Kamasutra recommends moderation, self control and even brahmacharya and a virgin bride.
Nonetheless, it's highly likely to have been edited by the British.
Hi sir , these are the Sanskrit encryption, which was from Gupta period , Gupta Empire ruled India at least 1700 years ago.
I often find it really difficult to understand how come people of that era were able to build such incredibly complex architectures without any modern equipment. Extremely hard to comprehend in todays age.
Faith
Shivoham project is an youtube channel and in his video, he talked about Vedic geometry.
Read vashtusashtra
@@lettheloveflow NO. organised and highly trained workforce.
@@avibcci1297 All the building methods used in ancient India is based on vastushastra. it has precise methods of how a large group of well trained technicians created these masterpiece. modern India is not so well organised and manpower is barely trained in anything.
400-500 years old are not even considered old in india 😆😆, because we have very old history.
More than 900 years old
at least 1000 years to consider a bit old.
The fort was not 600 years old, its from 3rd Century Gupta Empire. Writings are in Sanskit. But the area and its occupation itself may be even older.
This video is just up my street. In my opinion Gabriel you do the best videos on ancient monuments of India compared to others. Keep them coming!
Man, this place is incredible, I hope one day G,O,I will put some money into this place for some sort of restoration.
All the defacement reminds me of what isis did to Mosul aka Mesopotamia just a few years back. The destruction of ancient art and architecture just breaks my heart. This place in its prime must have been a true wonder of the world.
GOI needs to be watching youtube.
Atleast restore their faces
@@ronymemes485 no stone remained to restore. Colour changes.
We Indians and our GOI are useless who don"t respect, care, or value our heritage...Maybe white people will save these sites, books n heritage...I have no expectations from Indians...
Destruction takes no effort but to put brick by brick and build it takes your hardwork and effort, destructors are barbarian culture with no sense for art.
What an absolutely incredible place! I wish I had gotten to see it on my trip to India. Great video!
You must visit Ellora too. Masterpiece architecture.
Structure looks so rich, thank you for exploring the little places even locals forget.
Thanks for showing me more places to add to my India list! Amazing fort for sure.Happy Travels
Appreciate your Work, it's awesome Man. Watching it from Nepal 🙏🇳🇵🙏
Great, thanks.
Thank you for giving me a visual of an astonishing site, I am too old to go there. I feel blessed to see all courtesy you. God bless
The intact sculptures are beautiful. Thank you Gabriel
Amazing. Seeing India through your eyes!! I never knew this place exists in India!!
thank you Gabriel to show us the " Undiscovered "history , being an Indian even I was unaware of this exquisite beauty...Kudos to your hardwork and desire to know Ancient hindu mythological history
You must visit Kailasa Temple, Ellora....a must see in India. One of the most powerfull shiva temple and master peice..
gupta period means 5 th century so it's 1500 years old. and the thing written on wall is Sanskrit but script is Brahmi instead of Devanagari (Hindi uses This script).
13:01 seems like leg of Hanuman.
Thanks for the info.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos 18:40 he was saying 7 floors. saat manzil
19:34 chandrama means moon , while pointing on his head
oh Gab , being an Indian i never realised, such place exists, thank you a lot, and i mean it, no youtuber tries to show such things, i saw these for first time in my life .
once again thanks man.
Stop being an internet guide 😁. The guy can find his way around. He has seen many countries, not just India 😁.
@@ksrtechtelugu5880 Part of finding the way around is by getting input from the locals. sometimes Ive noticed Gabe gets certain things wrong(not his fault) with a lot communication barrier, thats were you and me can clear things out. Cheers!
@@meow14115 thank you for the info. It's great to get history/ translations from locals. I sometimes read comments and the input from locals is always helpful. Greets from PH. 🇵🇭. 👍🏼🌞
I was going to say I thought I seen this, but the first part was not there I'll watch it again nope this one is different. WOW that is some Awesome! carving very cool.
Thanks for it my friend,
You have showed the real history of India.
I'm such a big fan to you.
This is just incredible 😍, I never heard about this fort , thanks for showing us bro 👍🙏
Thank You 🙏 for sharing this a chance of a life time to lay our eyes on such a sacred Temple 🙏
Beautiful ❤😎☀️ thank you Gabriel!
Parts of this "temple" are extremely ancient mortar less megaliths with even a keystone cut by his foot @15:40.
Amazing! For a traveller these are those magical finds. I experienced similar in Hampi.
Wow so much history can't wait til I can travel there
top of the list. Most incredible art. Hope they start to realize what a jewel that place is. Maybe your video will find a philanthropist!!
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ Just looked up Gwalior fort. India has fascinating history and architecture. Thank You for a glimpse
Wow what a great anicient architecture 🙏🙏🙏
A blessed good day sir Gabe ,Wowwww What a nice Mind blowing ancient Structures architectural Temple and incredible ancient civilizations Arts and Monuments, of Kalinjur Temple In India for So Many, Many Years, Ago, What a epic discovery of You sir Gabe, 😍👏👏👏👏👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 full of Rich Histories, and discoveries for this Wonderful ancient Temple 😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank u so much for your excellent Wonderful walk around discovery adventure tour in Holy Temple of Kalinjur India , Godbless all the People of India 🙏🙂👏👏👏👏🙏❤️❤️ and Godbelss sir Gabe from your solid fan viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 🙏🙂
"Happy Easter" NAmaste 🙏,"
OK, I'm officially a fan. Have been planning a trip to Kalinjar for quite a while and haven't managed it. You're the first person to make a video of this fort.
Thanks for showing this.
Feeling more relaxed
Great video. Must visit. Special thanks to Santhosh Ji, who has rendered great service. Jai Hind
Hi Gabriel, At one time must have been a magnificent place as you step in the front entrance there must have been a very large pool of water perhaps a sacred pool also used for rituals it's a very interesting location with many different buildings with some buildings that have probably have been destroyed. Similar to the European castle's small city-like structure for protecting local people.
That's the misunderstand when foreigners founded Angkor wat, they thought the moat is good for protection, even in wiki moat defines as defence..but ancient builders used moats or tanks for the soil remains firm and durable
No words... I imagine that time ... so beautiful...
Amazing sculptural carvings! Such an intimate experience of relating with history. Thanks Gabe:)
Expecting more videos from you brother
Thank u so much for Exploring such a incredible place and unknown place for us. Even we didn't travel much in whole India and appreciate u gor this.
U are like promoting our architect and marvelous places👌👌👌
Keep it up
Really a great discovery Gabriel, why our media never covered the lovely temples and it's history?
Why?
Gabriel you hit goldmine.
Scriptures say these forts are timeless and billions of years old. Made with the blessings and guidance of the gods. In previous yugas. It goes way way way too back into antiquity
Indian media and academia are all extensions of the American and western counterparts and were established by East India company. They do their best along with western system to bury anything that proves Hindu antiquity or that gives life to Hindu mythology or the the belief that Hindus are billions of years old .
I am saving this video so I can watch it over and over again such a sacred place 🙏
Gabriel thank you very much for this vedio. It is very interesting architecture, I have never seen this kind of similar carvings before. Thank you
Epic Place Grabiel whel done!!! OM
About the destroyed heads and faces, show thats they whant to eliminate, the personality and conocious mind.
Thanks for coming and discovering India. I didn't see this till now. Great architecture, wonderful sculptures. Beautiful temple. We belong to great heritage
Just like you i wasnt expecting much from the video but it was so amazing i was joining hands the whole time 🙏🕉😁
Gabriel, really enjoyed Thanks
Shiva... Shiva... Shiva... Everywhere... Oh what a place... Sashtanga pranam to our great indian ancestors 🙏🙏🙏 superb sculptures...
I am unable to stop my tears while this is watching And I am proud of my ancestors
What a unique place. Definitely on my bucket list.
Gupta Dyasty existed from 250 BC to 100 BC their kingdom spread from east coast of Africa ETHIOPIA to Pragyasthala South America. The polynesians especially the Queen of Tahiti claimed their ancestry to Gupta Empire.It was during the reign of king Samudragupta Indian Empire spread the most.Samudraguta placed the protoaustroloid aborigines from India in Australaya or modern day Australia to protect the merchant navy ships to sail safely upto the coast of Peru through malacca strait as there were Pirate ships who used to loot the merchant ships.Peru in Marathi means Guava.
Gwarn Gabe 👍 bangin video as always. Love it👍🇬🇷
Brilliant! It reminded me of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. That particular type of stone and just how many high relief carvings there are is incredible. I don’t know much about the Gupta period, but I’m an English teacher, and I cover that history very briefly with my students before moving on to the Mogul Dynasty. Anyway, I really enjoyed your video!
The angkor temples were also made by kings of dynasties that were gone from India to rule.
Before Mughal dynasty is the real india, ancient India. Lot of foreigners don't know about that. North to South lot of Hindu Buddhist kingdom took india to Glory but after Mughal came India, lot people become poor, slavery. Even they destroyed 1000 of ancient Hindu temples. U can only visit ancient temples in south india. Because south never invaded by Mughal. Angot war was Hindu temple worshipped Vishnu. after, it become Buddhist temple.
@@Right-Knight I didn’t know that! 🤔
@@travelandtash actually ancient South Indian kings colonised cambodia.
@@arpitshukla6447 That does not surprise me! I could see the similarity in the Cambodian rock carvings! How fascinating. Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to return to India and see this myself. 🙏
Beautiful temples ..the craving is sooo good ..thankyou for this vedio sir 🧘🙏
You are showing every detail of this temple "thank you
Great footage, really enjoyed watching this video. Sure seems hot, I could almost hear the heat!
My god!, wonderful......Thank you sir
Wow, otherworldly craftsmanship and artistry....it is to the Indian people's credit that these images have survived as long and as well as they have...in Europe they would be covered in graffiti or defaced by Islamists and other uncultured vandals, much worse than anything we see here. Respect to the Indian people. Great discovery Gabriel. Thanks for showing. I will try to go there one day
many ancient temples are destroyed during islamic invasion
most of it was already destroyed by islamic invaders in India too
You are a crazy man, Gabriel. In the words of John Malkovich: " I am a traveler. Not a tourist" That must be the reason why I'm subscribed. But I am still waiting for you to visit my country...
Very detailed shooting, you have uncovered to the world.
In the vast meadows of Central India , lies these historical remains !! Thanks to effort's to bring down these before the interested pepple !! We can see whatever is n't destructed !! Bow before those ancient Hindus who built these mighty architecture 🙏🙏
Thank you for showing us this beautiful ancient temple of Lord Shiva. Yes i have never seen such huge architecture .
Nice selection of music. Quite appropriate and very soothing.
looking at these temples I cry imagining the glorious days of Hinduism in india. thanks for showing these precious sites.
INCREDIBLE👍👍👍👍👍 GABRIEL FOR SHOWING THIS THANK YOU👍👍👌👌👌 THIS IS INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
This place is absolutely amazing. Very old historical place 👍love the video 👏Thanks for sharing bro ✌😁
Being in India Many People are Unaware of this Place...Nice Bgm too
Thank you for this Vlog. Namaste🙏
The vlog is very good, i am impressed by the sculpture, thanks
Gabriel I’ve watched all of your India videos and they are mesmerizing…thanks for your interest and hard work…so informative.
Watch video of praveenmohan on these topics. They are amazing.
Oh my man this is simply incredible and astonishing
Most EXCELLENT Video yea, Gabriel Traveler !!! Thanks for SHARING !!!!!!
Great job Gabriel. This has to be one of your best videos.🛕
Thanks, So much thankful about all those!!!!!!!
oh i never knew this incredible temple exist, what a temple!!
Imagine this place in its heydays….so mystical ..thanks to Gabriel Traveller…feel ashamed didn’t know it’s existence,though visited Khajuraho,would love to see this place