Bandhavgarh: The park is largely known for its tiger population densities. This is the area where the famous White Tigers of Rewa were discovered. Other wild attractions in the park include leopards, blue bulls, causing bison (four-horned antelopes), spotted deer, Cambrian deer, wild boars, sloths, foxes, jackals, wild dogs, etc., and about 250 species of birds in the park. Other creatures found in Bandhavgarh include the Ratel, the Porcupine, the Little Indian Civet, the Palm Squirrel, the Bandicoot Rat, the Jungle Cat, and the shy Hyenas. The reptile population of the park includes cobras, kraits, vipers, rats, pythons, monitor lizards, and turtles. The primate species – the rhesus macaque and the Hanuman langur – inhabit Bandhavgarh.
Bandhavgarh has been the center of human activity and settlement for over 2,000 decades, and references to it can be found in Narad-Panch Ratra and Shiva Purana’s early books. Several contain Brahmi inscriptions from the 1st century B.C.E. Various dynasties ruled the fort, for example, Maths from the 1st century AD, Vakataks from the 3rd century AD. the forest took over the region and became a royal hunting reserve. This helped to preserve the forest and wildlife, although the Maharaja used their faith to the full. In the wild, Bandhavgarh remained the personal property of the Maharaja until he handed it over to the nation for the creation of this National Park in 1968. After the park was established, poaching and hunting were mastered, and the number of animals increased dramatically.
