From the east a series of gates punctuates the worn steps of the path leading up to the fort. At the bottom, the first gate you pass through is Gwalior Gate , dating from 1660, and leads to the State Archeological Museum. The second, Bansur (Archer’s Gate), has disappeared, so the next is Badalgarh , named after Badal Singh, Man Singh’s uncle.
Further up is Ganesh Gate , built in the 15th century. Nearby is Kabutar Khana , a small pigeon house, and a small four-pillared Hindu temple to the hermit Gwalipa, after whom both fort and town are named.
You’ll pass a 9th-century Vishnu shrine known as Chatarbhuj Mandir before reaching the fifth gate, Hathiya Paur , now the entrance to the palace grounds (as the sixth gate, Hawa Gate, no longer exists).
