Yadgir Fort, also known as Yetagiri is a fortress situated in Yadgir, in the Yadgir District, of the Indian state of Karnataka. The fortress is notable for having been constructed on the top of a 100-meter (328 feet) tall monolith.
The fortress is believed to have been built by the Western Chalukya Empire, and later, fall into the possession of the Yadava Dynasty.[1] Within the fort, five edicts have been inscribed. Three inscriptions are from the 10th or 11th century, and one claims that a man named Jagganath hailing from a city or town named Sagar built the fort.[2] The other two edicts, dated from the year 1546 located in the entrance of the moti talib, and one from 1573 located on the walls of a mosque, belonged to Ibrahim Adil Shah I.[2] The fort would fall into the hands of kingdoms such as the Bahmani Sultanate, Adil Shahi Dynasty and the Nizams.[2]Gulam Yazdani surveyed the fort in the years 1929 through 1930.[2]
Terrainedit
The fortress was built on rocky terrain, and overlooks the town of Yadgir. The fort is situated atop a large 100 meter monolith, that is 500 meters wide, and 850 meters long.[3]
Structureedit
Yadgir Fort has multiple structures within it. Cannons with a maximum diameter of 10 inches, barracks, three ancient Hindu temples and a medieval mosque, flag bastions, wells and canals, and underground structures used possibly as storehouses or hideouts are located within the fort.[1]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Yadagiri Fort | Forts in Karnataka | Karnataka Toursim". Karnataka Tourism. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
^ abcd"A strong hold on the past". Deccan Herald. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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