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Daulatabad Fort

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Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort
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Sunday8am - 6pm
Monday8am - 6pm
Tuesday8am - 6pm
Wednesday8am - 6pm
Thursday8am - 6pm
Friday8am - 6pm
Saturday8am - 6pm


Daulatabad, also known as Devagiri, is a 14th-century fort city in Maharashtra state of India, about 16 kilometres northwest of Aurangabad. The place was originally named Devagiri when it was an important uplands city along caravan routes , but the intervening centuries have reduced it to a village. However it is also considered to be one of the seven wonders of Maharashtra and a developing tourist spot.The historical triangular fort of Daulatabad was built by first Yadava king Bhillama V in 1187.Starting 1327, it famously remained the capital of Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq , who also changed its name, and forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi for two years before it was abandoned for lack of water and Tughluq was constantly known to shift the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and Daulatabad to Delhi.There is a belief that Devagiri was built in 1203 AD by a Dhangar or herdsman who acquired vast wealth by his good fortune. He had a brother who was a shepherd named 'Raja Ram' and in correlation with it he assumed the rank of a Raja .
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