Panhala Fort

Panhala fort (also known as Panhalgad and Panhalla (literally "the home of serpents")), is located in Panhala, 20 kilometres northwest of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India. It is strategically located, looking over a pass in the Western Ghats which was a major trade route from Bijapur in the interior of Maharashtra to the coastal areas. Due to its strategic location, it was the centre of several skirmishes in the Deccan involving the Maratha Empire, Mughal Empire and British, the grandsons of Shivaji, East India Company, the most notable battle being the Battle of Pavan Khind. Here, the queen regent of Kolhapur, Tarabai, spent her formative years. Several parts of the fort and the structures within are still intact. It is also called as the 'Fort of Snakes' as it is zigzagged in shape.

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Panhala Fort ranks #912 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #46 of the 156 mapped in India. Fundado en 1178, más antiguo que el 84% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 303 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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