Kagarol
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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. 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
. Out of this team, Carlleyle was the one who did most of the field work on this site.
report for the year 1871-72,
This fort was thus named Kaga Ror
by Raja Ror
to commemorate the sighting of the white crow or kag in Hindi
. The "r" later got corrupted to "l" and the present name Kagarol came into being.
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
district of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is situated at a distance of about 25 kilometers to the south-west of Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
city. This village finds mention in some of the earliest Archaeological Survey of India
Archaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India is a department of the Government of India, attached to the Ministry of Culture . The ASI is responsible for archaeological studies and the preservation of archaeological heritage of the country in accordance with the various acts of the Indian Parliament...
reports compiled by Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham
Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India...
and his assistants, J D Beglar and A.C.L. Carlleyle
A.C.L. Carlleyle
A. C. L. Carlleyle was a nineteenth-century archaeologist.The Archaeological Survey of India was revived as a distinct department of the government and Sir Alexander Cunningham was appointed as Director General who assumed his charge in February 1871....
. Out of this team, Carlleyle was the one who did most of the field work on this site.
History
Quoting from page 211 of the Archaeological Survey of IndiaArchaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India is a department of the Government of India, attached to the Ministry of Culture . The ASI is responsible for archaeological studies and the preservation of archaeological heritage of the country in accordance with the various acts of the Indian Parliament...
report for the year 1871-72,
The fort under this place was actually founded by a "Raja Ror", who is said to have been the son of "Khangar". There is a tradition preserved in the neighborhood about a "white crow" or kag, in consequence of the appearance of which as an omen of augury Raja RorRaja Ror IRaja Ror I was one of the younger sons of Raja Khangar, the 10th king of the Ror Dynasty of Sindh. He built a fort for himself in Kagarol, Agra district of present-day Uttar Pradesh in India. His father being a contemporary of Ashoka the Great, Ror I lived in the second half of the third century...
built a fort here.
This fort was thus named Kaga Ror
Ror
The Ror is a Kshatriya community and numbers between 750,000 and 1,000,000. They hold nearly 270 villages in Haryana and 52 more in Western Uttar Pradesh and the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand....
by Raja Ror
Raja Ror I
Raja Ror I was one of the younger sons of Raja Khangar, the 10th king of the Ror Dynasty of Sindh. He built a fort for himself in Kagarol, Agra district of present-day Uttar Pradesh in India. His father being a contemporary of Ashoka the Great, Ror I lived in the second half of the third century...
to commemorate the sighting of the white crow or kag in Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
. The "r" later got corrupted to "l" and the present name Kagarol came into being.