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Unidentified Caves at Purandhar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

H. Goetz
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Purandhar is a hill fort to the south-west of Poona, not far from Sāsvad. It has become famous in Indian history by the siege A.D. 1665 undertaken on behalf of the emperor Aurangzēb by mahārājā. Jai Singh I of Amber (Jaipur) which forced Śivājī to surrender to the Mughals. Its fortifications were constructed by the Bahmanīs and Nizāmshāhīs; but there are vestiges of earlier fortifications and sanctuaries, probably of the Hindu Middle Ages, in one case possibly of even earlier date.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 82 , Issue 3-4 , July 1950 , pp. 158 - 162
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1950

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