Shilahara, Yadavas, Bijapur, Marathas, Mughals, East India Company
Open to the public
Yes
Site history
Built
1178–1209 (construction) 1489–1557 (expansion)
Built by
Bhoja II, Ibrahim Adil Shah I
In use
1178–1947
Materials
Stone, Lead
Battles/wars
Battle of Pavan Khind
Garrison information
Past commanders
Bhoja II, Ibrahim Adil Shah I, Shivaji I, Aurangzeb, Tarabai
Occupants
Sambhaji I, Ramchandra Pant Amatya
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 Sahyadri mountain range which was a major trade route from Bijapur in the interior of Maharashtra to the coastal areas.[1] Due to its strategic location, it was the centre of several skirmishes in the Deccan involving the Marathas, the Mughals and the British the grand son's of chhatrapati shivaji maharaj East India Company, the most notable being the Battle of Pavan Khind. Here, the queen regent of Kolhapur, Tarabai Ranisaheb, 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.[2]
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