Ajmer - Pushkar
Seeing the place surrounded by green hills like an oasis, Raja Ajaipal Chauhan
constructed a hill fort (the invincible hill) and laid the foundation of
a city named ‘Ajmer’ in the 7th Century A.D. The Chauhan dynastic power
had its influence till 12th Century AD. It was lost by Prithviraj Chauhan
to the invasion by Mohammed Ghauri. The city witnessed many great Hindu
and Mughal dynastic rules subsequently. Thereafter it became a part of the
sultanate of Delhi.
The city has the most famous and revered Hindu-Muslic pilgrimage place in
Dargah Sharif - tomb of Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. Adjacent to
the shrine is a mosque built in his honour by Badshah Akbar. The devout
daughter of Shah Jahan constructed the delicately beautiful prayer house
for women devotees next to it. Much later, 1874 onwards, the Rajput royalty
of the British Raj thrived in culture and education at the prestigious Mayo
College here. Its first pupil was the Maharaja of Alwar. Ajmer was the only
place in Rajasthan controller by the East India Co.
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