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Braille signboards installed at two monuments in Mandu
Mhow: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has installed Braille signboards at two monuments in the fort city of Mandu in Dhar district. These signboards provide complete details of the monuments to those who cannot see the beauty of Mandu.
"At present, we have installed Braille signboards at Hindola Mahal and Jahaj Mahal. The plan is to include other important monuments in this project so that blind persons visiting Mandu can get information about these monuments themselves," ASI Bhopal division superintendent Manoj Kumar Kurmi said.
"It has been seen that not only Indian but blind tourists from foreign countries too visit Mandu, especially during monsoon season.
We are continuously working to put Mandu on the tourist maps at national and international levels," Kurmi said.
Mandu, also called Mandapa-Durg in the earliest records, was a fortified city that flourished as early as the 6th century. By the 10th century, it rose to prominence under Raja Bhoj of the Paramar dynasty, serving at times as their capital, especially after attacks on their earlier capital, Dhar.
In 1305, Mandu and the Malwa region were invaded and captured by Alauddin Khilji, Sultan of Delhi.
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His general, Ayn al-Mulk Multani, expelled the last Paramar ruler, Rai Mahalak Dev, and Mandu became part of Delhi sultanate.
With the decline of Mughal Empire in the early 18th century, Mandu fell into Maratha hands. After several skirmishes, the decisive Battle of Tirla (1734) led to its capture by the Pawar dynasty of Dhar. From then, Mandu was administered by the Maratha rulers of Dhar until it was eventually subsumed under British rule following their expansion into central India in the 19th century.
