Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Forts in Maharashtra

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Forts in Maharashtra


Nowhere in the country would you encounter such a profusion of forts. And such variety. Sited on an island, as at Murud-Janjira or guarding the seas as at Bassein, or among the Sahyadri hills, as at Raigad, whose zig-zag walls and rounded bastions sit like a sceptre and crown amidst hills turned mauve.


Most of the forts in Maharashtra whether up in the hills or near the seas are associated with Shivaji --the great Maratha warrior and an equally great fort builder. Moreover, these forts were treated as mini-cities, such as Panhala, which is now a hill station. The concept of the fort-city was, however, not peculiar to Shivaji alone. The Portuguese who came to India as traders and missionaries, built within a century of their coming, Bassein, a garden city to rival many a European capital.



Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh


samadhi of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
samadhi of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj


Sinhagad Fort
Sinhagad Fort


 
Alibaug
Alibaug


Rajgad
Rajgad


Raje
Raje


ShivSamadhi
ShivSamadhi


purandar
purandar


pratapgad
Pratapgad


Lohgad
Lohgad


Janjira
Janjira


Arnala
Arnala

3 comments:

Pradeep (Pd) said...

Been to Pratpgarh once and wondered that how they managed construct a fort on such a hiltop using enormous sized stones!!!

vijay said...

The forts of maharashtra helped a lot for victory. After see the forts i observed thatit is impossible to break the wall of security.Rajes thought was extremely right for wictory by under standing the power of maharashtra.Jai Maharashtra

sachinkarne said...

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