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orugallu fort of kakatiyas



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Warangal Fort

Warangal, Telangana, India

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View of Kakatiya Kala Toranam

Warangal Fort is located in TelanganaWarangal FortWarangal Fort

Coordinates 17°57′21″N 79°36′52″E

Type Fort

Site information

Open to

the public Yes

Condition Ruins

Site history

Built 13th century

Built by prataparudra 2

Materials Stone and mud

Demolished Alauddin Khalji

Battles/wars Many

Warangal Fort, in Warangal district, Telangana in India. Appears to have existed since at least the 12th century when it was the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty. The fort has four ornamental gates, known as Kakatiya Kala Thoranam, that originally formed the entrances to a now ruined great Shiva temple. The Kakatiyan arch has been adopted and officially incorporated into the Emblem of Telangana after the state bifurcation.[1] The Fort is included in the "tentative list" of UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Monument was submitted by the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO on 10/09/2010.[2][3]

Contents

1 History

2 Features

2.1 Ruins in the fort

3 Ruling dynasties

4 See also

5 References

6 Bibliography

7 External links

8 Further reading

History

Statue of Rudrama Devi, one of the rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty and builder of the fort complex

Initially, Warangal was under the rule of the Yadava kings in the 8th century; in the 12th century, it came under the control of the Kakatiya dynasty.[4] Although precise dating of its construction and subsequent enhancements is uncertain, historians and archaeologists generally agree that an earlier brick-walled structure was replaced with stone by Ganapatideva, who died in 1262, and that he was succeeded by his daughter Rudrama Devi, who ruled until 1289, and then her grandson Prataparudra II, whose reign came to be known as a "Golden Age". Twenty years later his kingdom was conquered by the Sultans of Delhi.[5]

Ganapatideva, Rudramadevi, and Prataparudra II all added to the fort's height, building gateways, square bastions, and additional circular earthen walls. This places the construction towards the end of the Kakatiya period .[6]