Daulatabad is a 14th century city, 16 kilometers northwest of Aurangabad Daulatabad was once as known as Deogiri when it was an important upland city surrounded with caravan routes connecting up the hill forts. The Daulatabad fort is a rare kind of construction, a combination of three fortifications and two moats. The imposing fort...
Rajmachi is a small village situated in the Sahyadri mountain range of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Rajmachi has two fortified peaks - Shrivardhan and Manaranjan forts, located near two famous hills of Lonavala and Khandala. At the base of the fort is the village Udhewadi which is another name for Rajmachi. Rajmachi has seen many change of hands from...
Visapur fort is located in the Visapur village of Lonavala which comes in Pune district of Maharashtra state of India. It is located at an altitude of approximately 3500 feet above sea level. It is located at a distance of about 15 km from Malavli railway staion in Lonavala. The Visapur fort was built by Balaji Vishwanath-the first Peshwa to Chhatrapati...
Shivneri, a birth place of Chhatrapati Shivaji (1627), is located at a distance of around 3 km from Junnar (125 km from Pune). Shahaji, father of Shivaji kept his wife Jijabai in this fort during her pregnancy, as the fort was unique and difficult to reach. It is easier to reach the fort by the normal road than to climb from the hills. One has to get through...
Pratapgad is situated in Satara district, Maharashtra, India and is 25 km from Mahabaleshwar. The fort is considered to be the highest point of the range with a full view of the surrounding places. The main purpose of construction of the Pratapgad fort was to defend the banks of the Nira and the Koyna rivers, and to defend the Par pass by Shivaji....
