Antur Fort is a fort near Nagapur village in
Kannad
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taluka In
Aurangabad district of
Maharashtra state of
India
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This monument is protected by
Maharashtra State, Archaeology Department.
History
The fort was built about the middle of the 15th century by a
Maratha
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...
Chief and was named after him. It was taken by the Mohammedans. Between 16th and 17th centuries it belonged to the
Nizam Shahi of Ahmadnagar, as is evidenced front several inscriptions in the fort in which some of the kings of this dynasty are mentioned.
Structure
The hill on which fort stays is nearly square in form and about a mile in circumference. It has a natural scarp about 700 ft high on three sides while on the south it has been artificially scarped. Two fines of walls, with bastions at intervals, extend round the brow of the hill at a short distance from each other and the entrance was guarded by strong teak wood gates.
See also
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Kandhar Fort
Kandhar Fort or Kandhar Khilla is a fort located in Kandhar, Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Its construction attributed to the Rashtrakuta dynasty, Rashtrakuta Krishna III, King Krishna III of Malkhed.
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List of State Protected Monuments in Maharashtra
This is a list of State Protected Monuments of India, State Protected Monuments as officially reported by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
References
Forts in Maharashtra
Tourist attractions in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
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