Daulatabad Fort

Daulatabad Fort, originally Devagiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was the capital of the Yadavas (9th century – 14th century CE), for a brief time the capital of the Delhi Sultanate (1327–1334), and later a secondary capital of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1499–1636).

Around the 6th century CE, Devagiri emerged as an important uplands town near present-day Aurangabad, along caravan routes going towards western and southern India. The historical triangular fortress in the city was initially built around 1187 by the first Yadava monarch, Bhillama V. In 1308, the city was annexed by

Alauddin Khalji of the Delhi Sultanate, which ruled over some parts of northern India. In 1327, Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate renamed Devagiri as Daulatabad and shifted his imperial capital to the city from Delhi, ordering a mass migration of Delhi's population to the now Daulatabad. However, Muhammad bin Tughluq reversed his decision in 1334 and the capital of the Delhi Sultanate was shifted back to Delhi.

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Daulatabad Fort staat op plaats 930 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 48 van de 156 die de atlas in India in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in ca. 1187, en daarmee ouder dan 83% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 303 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 12e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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