Situated on a forested hill promontory in Amer, at 11 kilometres from Jaipur, Amber Fort overlooks Maota Lake. The settlement was founded by Raja Alan Singh, a ruler from the Chanda clan of Meenas in 967 CE, and the fort, as it stands now, was built over the remnants of this earlier structure during the reign of Raja Man Singh, the Kachwaha King of Amer. The structure was fully expanded by his descendant, Jai Singh I. Even later, Amer Fort underwent improvements and additions by successive rulers over the next 150 years, until the Kachwahas shifted their capital to Jaipur during the time of Sawai Jai Singh II, in 1727.
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