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Chhattisgarh, the 26th state of the Indian Union, is located in the
heart of India. The newly formed Indian state of Chhattisgarh is
endowed with a unique and rich cultural heritage and the region is
full of lush green virgin forests, scenic hills and plateaus
intersected by meandering rivers, ancient caves and temples and the
last but not least for its rich tribal population. With so much of
varieties and choices, Tours to Chhattisgarh promise to be a unique
and fascinating experience for its visitors. With an area of
approximately 1,35,133 km, Chhattisgarh is also one of the few
landlocked states of India. Also the birthplace of several empires and
kingdoms of India with the Mauryas being the most prominent,
Chhattisgarh has a very rich historical and cultural heritage and its
history, archaeology, art and culture and tribal life are worth
discovering on your Tours to Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh offers an exciting range of attractions to its visitors.
Be it amazing ancient Monuments, Palaces, exquisitely carved Temples,
Buddhist Sites, ancient Caves, rock Paintings, rare and endangered
Wildlife, lush green Jungles, exotic Waterfalls, enchanting hill
Plateaus or unique Tribal Villages, Chhattisgarh has it all, promising
an exciting and rewarding holiday experience for you. With about 44%
of its area under forests, Chhattisgarh is one of the richest
bio-diversity regions in the country and the state has a great
potential for the development of eco-tourism in the region. With
active involvements of tourism departments of the state, Chhattisgarh
has been one of the fast emerging eco-tourism destinations of India.
Visit and discover the enchantingly beautiful natural landscapes,
tribal life of the famous Bastar region, amazing temples, and much
more of the still virgin and unexplored Chhattisgarh, on your tours to
Chhattisgarh with Tourism of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh also offers
exciting shopping experiences to its visitors. The craft items of
Chhattisgarh like the traditional bell metal castings popularly know
as Dokra has become famous all over the world. Though, still an
emerging tourist destination of India, Chhattisgarh promises to offer
you a travel destination with a difference.
History
The
history of Chhattisgarh goes back to tens of thousands of years. The
anthropologists have found evidences of some of the earliest human
habitations in the rocks and caves of this ancient land. Though the
mythological history of Chhattisgarh region stretches back to the
period of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the earliest clue from the
historical era is an Ashokan stone Inscription of 257 BC at Rupnath
north of Jabalpur. According to legends the deep Sal forest regions
are Dandakaranya itself, where Lord Rama spent much of his
fourteen-year exile from Ayodhya. But regardless to all this, the
unbroken history of Chhattisgarh or South Kosala can be traced back
only from the 4th century AD. Between the 6th and 12th centuries AD
the Sarabhpurias, Panduvanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri, and Nagvanshi
rulers dominated this region.
In the medieval period, the region came to be known as Gondwana and
became the part of the kingdom of the Kalchuris who ruled the region
till the end of the 18th century AD. The Muslim chroniclers of the
14th century AD have described well about the dynasties that ruled
over the region. The region also came under the suzerainty of the
Mughal Empire around the 16th century and later to the Marathas in
1745. By the year 1758, the whole region of Chhattisgarh was annexed
by the Marathas who plundered its natural resources mercilessly. Also
the word 'Chhattisgarh' was popularized during the Maratha period and
was first used in an official document in 1795. With the British entry
in the early 19th century, much of the territory was subsumed into the
Central Provinces. From 1854 onwards the British administered the
region as a deputy commissionership with its headquarters at Raipur.
Chhattisgarh also took part in the 1857 Revolution when Vir Narayan
Singh, a landlord of Sonakhan, grew up to challenge the injustices of
British rule in the region. After a prolonged battle with the British
forces, Vir Narain Singh was finally arrested and later hanged on the
10th December 1857. In the year 1904 British reorganized the region
and transferred Sambalpur to Orissa and added the estates of Surguja
to Chhattisgarh. |
