Gond Kingdoms of Madhya Pradesh: Garha-Mandla and Rani Durgavati
The Gond kingdoms were the four tribal-ruled states of central India (Garha-Mandla, Deogarh, Chanda and Kherla) that governed the hill-and-forest belt called Gondwana between roughly the 14th and 18th centuries. The most important for Madhya Pradesh is Garha-Mandla , centred on Jabalpur, Narsinghpur and Mandla, whose best-known ruler was Rani Durgavati , killed fighting Akbar's general Asaf Khan in 1564. This guide gives you the whole story in exam-ready form: the four kingdoms compared, the Garha-Mandla rulers and their capitals, the 52 garhs and how the kingdom was administered, the Mughal war of 1564, the long decline under the Marathas, the 1857 martyrs Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah, plus a revision table, a timeline, practice questions with answers and a list of the mistakes candidates actually make. A note on sources before we start. Gond history is patchy. Most of it comes from later chronicles, the Akbarnama and colonial writers, and modern reference works give diff...