CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI
MAHARAJ - THE LEGEND
The King of
Forts
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There are around 375 Forts in Maharashtra. The most outstanding
feature of the forts are their physical base. Almost all of them
are sited on erosion lava landscape. Most of the prominent forts
are concentrated along the Sahyadri and Satpura ranges. Their
natural isolation strengthened by built up walls made them
formidable in the days of land based armies. On the drier
plateau the gaps in the hill ranges and the commercial routes
passing through them induced construction of strategic forts. |
