Timan Garh

Timan Garh

Timan Garh is a famous historical fort situated near Karauli in the Indian state of Rajasthan [District Karauli at a glace [http://karauli.nic.in/distprofile.htm] ] . Timan or Tisman was a very powerful Ror ruler in the second century CE. This is the same Tisman who ruled over Ujjain and is recognized by present-day historians as Chastana. Timan Garh was built when Tisman ruled over a great area in Western India encompassing the present-day Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh.

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