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Amber
Fort
or
Amer
Fort
is
a
fort
located
in
Amber,
Rajasthan,
India.
Amber
is
a
town
with
an
area
of
4
square
kilometres
(1.5
sq
mi)[1]
located
11
kilometres
(6.8
mi)
from
Jaipur,
the
capital
of
Rajasthan.The
town
of
Amber
and
the
Amber
Fort
was
built
by
Raja
Alan
Singh
Chanda
belonging
to
a
sub
clan
of
Meenas
in
967
AD.[2][3]
[4]
As
meenas
were
devotees
of
Amba
Mata,
they
named
their
fort
after
her
as
Amber
Fort.
Located
high
on
a
hill,
it
is
the
principal
tourist
attraction
in
Jaipur.[5][6]
Amber
Fort
is
known
for
its
artistic
style
elements.
With
its
large
ramparts
and
series
of
gates
and
cobbled
paths,
the
fort
overlooks
Maota
Lake,[6][7][8][9]
which
is
the
main
source
of
water
for
the
Amber
Palace.
Mughal
architecture
greatly
influenced
the
architectural
style
of
several
buildings
of
the
fort.[10][11][12]
Constructed
of
red
sandstone
and
marble,
the
attractive,
opulent
palace
is
laid
out
on
four
levels,
each
with
a
courtyard.
It
consists
of
the
Diwan-e-Aam,
or
"Hall
of
Public
Audience",
the
Diwan-e-Khas,
or
"Hall
of
Private
Audience",
the
Sheesh
Mahal
(mirror
palace),
or
Jai
Mandir,
and
the
Sukh
Niwas
where
a
cool
climate
is
artificially
created
by
winds
that
blow
over
a
water
cascade
within
the
palace.
Hence,
the
Amber
Fort
is
also
popularly
known
as
the
Amber
Palace.[7]
After
invading
Meena
kings
,
the
fort
was
captured
by
Kachwaha
(a
clan
of
Rajput)
kings.
The
palace
was
the
residence
of
the
Rajput
Maharajas
and
their
families.
At
the
entrance
to
the
palace
near
the
fort's
Ganesh
Gate,
there
is
a
temple
dedicated
to
Shila
Devi,
a
goddess
of
the
Chaitanya
cult,
which
was
given
to
Raja
Man
Singh
when
he
defeated
the
Raja
of
Jessore,
Bengal
(present-day
Bangladesh)
in
1604.[6][13][14]
Raja
Man
Singh
had
twelve
queens
so
he
made
twelve
rooms,
one
for
each.
Each
room
had
a
staircase
connected
to
the
king’s
room
but
the
queens
were
not
to
go
upstairs.
Raja
Jai
Singh
had
only
one
queen
so
he
built
one
room
equal
to
three
old
queen’s
rooms.
This
palace,
along
with
Jaigarh
Fort,
is
located
immediately
above
on
the
Cheel
ka
Teela
(Hill
of
Eagles)
of
the
same
Aravalli
range
of
hills.
The
palace
and
Jaigarh
Fort
are
considered
one
complex,
as
the
two
are
connected
by
a
subterranean
passage.
This
passage
was
meant
as
an
escape
route
in
times
of
war
to
enable
the
royal
family
members
and
others
in
the
Amer
Fort[15]
to
shift
to
the
more
redoubtable
Jaigarh
Fort.Annual
tourist
visitation
to
the
Amber
Palace
was
reported
by
the
Superintendent
of
the
Department
of
Archaeology
and
Museums
as
5000
visitors
a
day,
with
1.4
million
visitors
during
2007.[1]
At
the
37th
session
of
the
World
Heritage
Committee
held
in
Phnom
Penh,
Cambodia,
in
2013,
Amber
Fort,
along
with
five
other
forts
of
Rajasthan,
was
declared
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site
as
part
of
the
group
Hill
Forts
of
Rajasthan.
The
town
of
Amber
and
the
Amber
Fort
was
built
by
Raja
Alan
Singh
Chanda
belonging
to
a
sub
clan
of
Meenas
in
967
AD,
later
ruled
by
Kachwahas.
The
Amber
Fort,
as
it
stands
now,
was
erected
over
the
remnants
of
this
earlier
structure
during
the
reign
of
Raja
Man
Singh,
the
Kachwaha
King
of
Amber.The
structure
was
fully
expanded
by
his
descendant,
Jai
Singh
I.
Even
later,
Amber
Fort
underwent
improvements
and
additions
by
successive
rulers
over
the
next
150
years,
until
the
Kachwahas
shifted
their
capital
to
Jaipur
during
the
time
of
Sawai
Jai
Singh
II,
in
1727.
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