We then strolled through Padmini’s Palace and learned of the death-before-dishonor code of the women over the centuries. Rani Padmini along with 13,000 other women committed “jauhar” whereby they committed suicide via immolation- jumping into the fire. This was after 50,000 warriors were killed and the fort was being overtaken by Sultan Alauddin Khilji in 1303.