Forts around Dharwar-Hospet-Badami Triangle

The Maps

Original map courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.(Click to enlarge)

The Forts

1. Gajendragarh
2. Shantagiri
3. Belur
4. Wankandrug or Vakkandurg
5. Chikanal
6. Gudur
7. Kelur
8. Mangalgud
9. Badami –
   Southern part, Northern
10. Mudkavi/Mudakavi
11. Ramdurg
12. Sirsangi, Govankop
13. Hooli
14. Parasgad
15. Saundatti
16. Nargund
17. Anegundi
18. Hampi
19. Koppal
20. Bahadur Banda
21. Hamgi/Hammagi
22. HoLalavvana Gudda,Srimantha Ghada Fort
23. Mundargi
24. Rangapur
25. Torgal
26. Munnavali

Clustering of Forts
There are clearly three different clusters of forts in this map. The top half of the map contains two clusters, one to the west of the hill range and the other to the east. A thin ridge connects the two clusters and a bulge of plains that also extends southwards with Gadag at the center of this plain region.

The third southern cluster is obviously meant to protect access to the Tungabhadra river south of the cluster.

Thanks to Siddeshwar for pointing out some of the forts listed in this post and for putting up pictures from his travels to those forts at his blog.

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