About: Shikargah

Shikargah (Hindi: शिकारगाह śikārgāh), from Persian shikārgāh meaning shikār hunting + gāh ground, is often described as a hunting ground where 'qamargah' or encircling of game occurs, an overtone of war exercise performed within a controlled arena of flora and fauna to create easier shooting and camping for hunting party. Mughals evolved it in India from their hunting traditions of Central Asia. On such occasions unresolved matters of courts were settled which included conspiration and preparation for mutinying, raising of invasion forces.