Which site in Madhya Pradesh is associated with the Gond rulers?

Historical monuments and sites across Madhya Pradesh are each linked to the specific ruling dynasty that built or held them, not merely to the region — a Rajput dynasty's forts, a Paramara king's temples, an ancient rock-cut complex predating any medieval kingdom, and a Gond dynasty's palace-forts each belong to distinct, non-overlapping ruling lines.

The town of Ramnagar, in present-day Mandla district, was the capital built by the Gond ruler Hirde Shah in the 17th century. He raised the Moti Mahal there as the royal residence of his Gond dynasty, and the site is documented — including in India's UNESCO tentative-list submission — as part of the "Gond monuments of Ramnagar." This directly ties the Moti Mahal of Ramnagar to Gond rule.

• Gwalior Fort was built and expanded chiefly under the Tomar Rajput dynasty, and was later held by the Mughals, Marathas, and the Scindia rulers of Gwalior State.

• The Dhamnar Caves are an ancient rock-cut complex carved by Buddhist and Jain monastic communities, dating centuries before the rise of any medieval Gond kingdom in the region.

• The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple at Bhojpur was commissioned by King Bhoj of the Paramara dynasty in the 11th century.

Since only the Moti Mahal of Ramnagar was built by a Gond ruler as a Gond dynasty capital, it is the site associated with the Gond rulers — matching the official MPPSC State Forest Service Main Exam 2023 answer key.