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Warangal
Fort
is
located
in
Warangal
District,
Telangana,
India.
It
was
the
capital
city
of
Kakatiya
dynasty
and
Musunuri
Nayakas.
It
appears
to
have
existed
since
at
least
the
12th
century
when
it
was
the
capital
of
the
Kakatiyas.
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
bifurcation
of
Andhra
Pradesh.
The
fort
is
included
in
the
"tentative
list"
of
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site
and
was
submitted
by
the
Permanent
Delegation
of
India
to
UNESCO
on
10/09/2010.
Warangal
Fort
is
laid
out
in
three
concentric
circular
walls
with
defensive
fortifications.
The
first
structure,
built
during
the
reign
of
Rudrama
Devi,
was
in
the
form
an
earthen
embankment
1.5
miles
(2.4
km)
in
diameter.
A
moat
of
about
150
feet
(46
m)
width
was
dug
around
this
wall,
forming
the
outer
limits
of
the
fort
during
the
reign
of
the
Kakatiya
rulers.
Another
wall
built
to
protect
the
fort
after
the
earthen
wall
and
the
moat
was
a
fortified
inner
stone
wall
of
about
0.75
miles
(1.21
km)
in
diameter.
It
was
the
central
part
of
the
Kakatiya
capital,
called
the
fort.
This
wall
was
built
with
dressed
huge
granite
stone
blocks
of
very
large
dimensions.
These
stones
were
not
in
any
regular
shape,
but
were
closely
fitted
without
using
any
type
of
mortar.
During
the
reign
of
Rudrama
Devi,
the
height
of
the
wall
was
increased
to
29
feet
(8.8
m)
from
the
structure
which
had
been
built
earlier
by
Ganapatideva.
The
wall
has
been
fortified
with
45
large
rectangular
bastions,
which
measure
40–60
feet
(12–18
m)
on
a
side;
they
extend
beyond
the
face
of
the
wall
up
to
the
waters
of
the
moat.
There
are
also
18
stone
steps
laid
over
a
gradual
slope
built
on
the
inner
slopes
of
the
earthen
wall
as
an
access
to
the
ramparts.
These
steps
permitted
the
soldiers
quick
and
easy
access
in
times
of
war
from
any
location
in
the
fort,
including
the
top
of
the
ramparts.
The
king,
Prataparudra
II,
had
used
these
steps
to
go
to
the
rampart
in
1318,
clad
in
a
qaba
to
bow
towards
Delhi,
in
honor
of
the
Sultan.
The
third
ring
of
fortification
is
in
the
form
of
an
earthen
wall
of
12.5
kilometres
(7.8
mi)
diameter
that
encloses
the
present
city
of
Warangal.
Just
outside
the
central
fort,
the
earthen
wall,
which
is
the
second
circle
of
the
fort
complex
in
the
northwestern
part,
has
within
it
the
Linga
gudi
('gudi'
means
"shrine"),
which
consists
of
three
small
temples;
but
the
linga
deities
have
been
removed
and
are
seen
scattered
nearby.
There
are
many
inscriptions
on
the
ruins
of
the
wall
of
the
main
temple
recording
the
gift
of
a
Kakatiya
king,
on
pillars,
on
a
stone
outside
the
fort,
and
at
many
more
places,
all
in
Telugu.
Source
from
Internet..