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KANDHAR FORT, NANDED MAHARASHTRA

KANDHAR FORT, NANDED MAHARASHTRA



Maharashtra is the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Shivaji Maharaj gave a lot of importance to the forts in order to protect his kingdom from the enemy. Maharashtra also has some important forts outside the Maratha empire of Chhatrapati Shivji Maharaj, whose importance is invaluable in  history of Maharashtra and country.Hello and welcome to our blog in today's blog, we are going to visit the Kandahar Fort in Nanded district Maharashtra. Kandahar is a beautiful important and a grand fort located in the Nanded district of Maharashtra, Kandahar is located only 45 km southwest from Nanded. Rashtrakuta king Krishna I started construction of this fort in 658, then Krishna III completed the construction of this fort in 961.This fort was ruled by the Rashtrakuta Yadav Chalukyas, the Nizam of Kakatiya, Tughlaq Ahmednagar, the Bahmani, the Mughals and finally the Nizams of Hyderabad. 

Each ruler changed fort in his way and tried to strengthen the fort as much as possible. Many buildings of the fort are now standing on the verge of demise, yet many things make the grandeur of this fort left.The mosque is also present inside the fort for many years built by the Muslim rulers of the state. Between the years 1314 to 1340, the owner of this fort was  Saifula, the owner  built the inner wall of the fort, which is mentioned in an inscription inside the fort. So during the time of Ibrahim Adilshah the colorful Darwaza, Dhan Buruj and some other buildings were built.


Malik Ambar, the Nizam regime of Ahmednagar, built the Ambari Buruj in this fort and installed the largest cannon of the fort, which is called Ambari Toff,references are found in history that Mughal Emperor Shahjahan invaded this fort after a great struggle.


Hamudodin Khan built a beautiful garden inside the fort at the behest of Emperor Aurangzeb. It is named Bagh-ye-Rashke-Kashmir mentioned in the inscription on Shahbaruja. The Rangmahal was built by the Nizam of Hyderabad, where the Nizam's court used to run.

The city of Kandhar was one of the major cities of the country at the time of the Rashtrakuta kings, many temples and relics are found around this city even today, the remains of the idols are stored inside the fort. There is a statue of Yaksha which is twenty feet long, its grandeur can be gauged from its feet, in addition to this, many sculptures of Lord Buddha, Lord Ganesha and Lord Mahavira have been built inside this fort.

A trench has been built to protect the fort, which is filled with water throughout the year, due to the fire,and many gifts have been placed inside the fort the enemy could not easily enter the fort, .
There are many water stepswell inside the fort, in which Paras Bavdi is the most important, it is said that in this stepwell the Paras gem of a king fell.

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