Kagarol
Kagarol | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 27°01′N 77°51′E / 27.017°N 77.850°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Agra |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | UP |
Website | up |
Kagarol is a village in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It is situated at a distance of about 25 kilometers to the south-west of Agra city.[1] This village finds mention in some of the earliest Archaeological Survey of India reports compiled by Alexander Cunningham and his assistants, J. D. Beglar and A. C. L. Carlleyle.[2]
" Khangar Ror " or " Kaga Ror " or " Kagaroll " is situated about eighteen miles from Agra . It is a very ancient place and the present village stands on an ancient tila composed of the debris of an ancient fort . There are remains of a very strong and thick wall which runs through below the western part of the village kagaroll . This wall is composed of huge blocks of red sandstone . According to the inhabitants of the place , the ancient fort buried under this place was actually founded by " Raja Ror " . There is a tradition preserved in the neighbourhood about a " white crow " , in the consequence of the appearance of which , as an omen of augury , Raja Ror built a fort here . [3]
References
- ^ Page 139, Agra: economic and political profile of a Mughal suba, 1580-1707, by K. K. Trivedi, Ravish Publishers, 1998, ISBN 81-900294-2-8, ISBN 978-81-900294-2-1
- ^ Page 673, Journal of Indian history, Volumes 48-49, by the University of Kerala. Dept. of History, University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala, published in 1970.
- ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=3KItSOgLGisC&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q&f=false