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Kondapalli
Fort,
also
locally
known
as
Kondapalli
Kota,
is
located
in
the
Krishna
district.
This
historical
fort
also
known
as
Kondapalli
Quilla
was
built
by
Prolaya
Vema
Reddy[3][4][5][6]
of
Reddi
Kingdom
during
the
14th
century
CE.[7]
It
was
initially
built
as
a
leisure
place
and
business
center
and
later
served
as
a
military
training
base
for
the
British
rulers.
According
to
some
other
historians
it
was
built
in
1360
CE
by
Anna
Vema
Reddy[8]
after
he
captured
Kondapalli
from
Mudigonda
Chalukyas,
the
fort
has
been
home
to
several
dynasties,
from
the
Reddi
rulers[9][10]
to
the
Nizam
Nawabs,
and
then
the
East
India
Company.[11]
Kondapalli
Fort
is
located
near
Vijayawada,
the
second
largest
city
of
Andhra
Pradesh,
India.
It
lies
to
the
west
of
Kondapalli
in
the
Krishna
District,
Vijayawada.
The
fort
is
located
to
the
west
of
Vijayawada
city
in
the
main
hill
range
known
as
Kondapalli
in
the
Krishna
district.
The
hill
range,
about
24
kilometres
(15
mi)
in
length,
extends
between
Nandigama
and
Vijayawada.
The
forest
area
in
this
hill
range
abounds
in
a
type
of
lightwood
known
as
'ponuku'
పొనుకు
కఱ్ఱ
(Gyrocapus
jacquini),
which
is
used
exclusively
for
the
manufacture
of
the
famous
Kondpalli
toys.[12]
The
forest
vegetation
around
Kondapalli
fort
and
the
nearby
hills
are
also
well
known
for
medicinal
plants
and
trees
such
as
Phyllanthus
amarus
(Telugu
local
name
"nela
usiri"
నేల
ఉసిరిక
చెట్టు),
Phyllanthus,
Andrographis
paniculata
(local
name:
"adavi
mirapa"
అడవి
మిరప
or
"nelavemu"
నేలవేము
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