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Tourist Destinations of Rajasthan Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Fort "Jaisalmer fort, famous as the Sonar Quila (Golden Fort), merges with the golden hues of the desert ambience and the setting suns in its most colourful shades gives it a fairy tale look."
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Built in
1156 by the Bahtti Rajput ruler Jaisala, and reinforced by later rulers,
the fort crowns the 80m - high Trikuta Hill. Over the centuries it was the
focus of many battles between the Bhatties, the Mughals of Delhi and the
Rathores of Jodhpur. This is one of the planets only living forts, with
one quarter of the old city's population residing in it. The fort has 99
bastions around its circumference and is protected by three walls. The
lower wall is of solid stone blocks which reinforce the loose rubble of
which Trikuta hill is composed. The second wall snakes around the fort,
and between this and the third, of inner, wall, the warrior Rajputs hurled
boiling oil and water, and massive round missiles on their unwitting
enemies below.