Kanhera Fort
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Kanhera Fort / Kanhira Fort (Marathi: कान्हेरागड किल्ला is a fort located 65km from Nashik, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. The fort is situated on triangular plateau at the top of the hill.
| Kanhera Fort | |
|---|---|
कान्हेरागड | |
| Part of Ajintha Satmal Hill Range | |
| Nashik district, Maharashtra | |
  Kanhera Fort  Kanhera Fort | |
| Coordinates | 20°25′00.8″N 73°58′06.5″E / 20.416889°N 73.968472°E |
| Type | Hill fort |
| Height | 3582 Ft. |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Controlled by |  Maratha (1739-1818) United Kingdom
 India (1947-) |
| Open to the public | Yes |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Site history | |
| Materials | Stone |
HistoryEdit
This fort was under the control of Maratha empire ,being one of the forts surrendered by shivaji after treay of purandhar,later it was captured by British forces in 1818.[1][2]
How to reachEdit
The nearest town is Wani which is 44 km from Nashik. The base village of the fort is Kanherawadi which is 15 km from Wani. The trekking path starts from the hillock north of the Kanherawadi. The route is very safe and wide. There are no trees on the trekking route. It takes about an hour to reach the entrance gate of the fort. The night stay on the fort is not possible.[3]
Places to seeEdit
The fort has a bastion carved out of stone and a natural rock hole (nedhe). There 6 rock cut water cisterns on the fort but, the water is not potable.There is a rock cut cave facing the Dhodap fort.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Pathak, Arunchandra; Kutty, Sanjivanee. "Kanhira fort". www.cultural.maharashtra.gov.in. Govt.of maharashtra. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Garg, Sanjay (2018-08-30). Studies in Indo-Muslim History by S.H. Hodivala Volume II: A Critical Commentary on Elliot and Dowson’s History of India as Told by Its Own Historians (Vols. V-VIII) & Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-75777-8.
- ↑ Epigraphia Indica. Manager of Publications. 1985.